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The Antikythera Mechanism is a complex astronomical device composed of bronze gears, dated to the late 2nd or early 1st century BCE. Discovered in 1901 in a shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island of Antikythera, this portable-sized instrument featured front dials and rear spiral scales used to calculate the positions of the Sun, Moon, and possibly the planets, as well as the lunar phases, eclipses, and the Metonic and Saros cycles. Modern research has shown that the mechanism operated throu