Another blast from the past.

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Last featured here in May, 2007 (http://community.livejournal.com/anti_gravitas/14785.html), the Antikythera Mechanism is in the news again, with an intriguing (and rather timely - no pun intended) Olympics connection.



No, it's not an ancient broken stopwatch. *Rolls eyes.*

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7533457.stm

Also here: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2008-07-30-device_N.htm

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Coffee-break bonus: Another one from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...

The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26153