The world's oldest computer is about to be decoded

For decades, scientists have been searching for answers about computers that appeared in 80 BC. Some say that this is the "entertainment after dinner" of the ancient people. But now, experts claim it is responsible for tracking the movements of the sun, moon and planets.

When found, the computer named Antikythera looked like a pile of waste that aliens accidentally left the earth. The words printed on the device have been blurred and people are still analyzing them.

" We are about to open the secret door. The bronze objects are easy to recycle but fortunately Antikythera has sunk into the sea for a long time, " said Xenophon Moussas, a physicist from the Greek research group. is responsible for exploring this object, said.

A piece of ancient computer.( Source: astro.rug )

For many years, Antikythera judgment scholars could be an astronomical orientation system or toy of some rich man.

Experts believe that the new discovery will change the history of science. " Anyway, Antikythera is still the first analogue computer on the earth. It will make us reconsider the scientific achievements of our ancestors ," said Professor Theodosios Tassios of the University. Technical Athens (Greece) commented.