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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MNEMOSYNE Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource UNESCO and ERA Chairs on Digital Cultural Heritage - Digital Heritage Research Lab Cyprus University of Technology EU ERA Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage - MNEMOSYNE Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Antikythera Mechanism Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Ο Μηχανισμός των Αντικυθήρων Subject The topic of the resource Antikythera Mechanism Description An account of the resource One of the artefacts ranked among the Wonders of the Ancient World is the Antikythera Mechanism, the oldest extant complex geared device, also described as the first analogue computer. Its construction was variously estimated to be about 87 BC; or between 150 and 100 BC; or to 205 BC; or finally, within a generation before the shipwreck, which has been dated to approximately 70-60 BC. It relied on the second-century BC Greek knowledge of astronomy and mathematics. The main utility of the Antikythera mechanism was to calculate the exact position of the Sun, the Moon and possibly the planets in the sky as well as the phases of the Moon and the prediction of eclipses. Apart from the prediction of astronomical events, the mechanism could also determine dates related to religious, social and agricultural rituals and events. The Mechanism was accompanied by an extended “instructions manual” inscribed on one of its parts. The device was operated manually by a user, setting a date in a dial. All necessary calculations were made using a set of gears (at least 39), while the results were displayed on several scientific scales. Unfortunately, the specific purpose for which the Mechanism was made remains unknown. The identity of its maker is also unknown, but the variety of skills and knowledge necessary for the creation of the Mechanism indicate that it required collaboration between an astronomer/mathematician and a mechanic. With its discovery, the Antikythera Mechanism demonstrated that Greek engineers of the Hellenistic period had become far more fluent in designing and constructing geared devices than the surviving written sources infer. It is also notable that the knowledge transmitted by the mechanism was lost and similar technological works appeared much later in Byzantium (fifth-sixth century AD) and the Arab world, while complex ones like the Mechanism appeared in Western Europe in the fourteenth century. The Antikythera Mechanism was retrieved from the sea in 1901 near the coast of the Greek island of Antikythera. The divers retrieved also numerous large artefacts, including bronze and marble statues, pottery, unique glassware, jewellery and coins. A year later, the archaeologist Valerios Stais acknowledged that the curious artefact housed in the remains of the wooden box was an instrument composed of at least one gear. The device was found as one lump, which was subsequently divided into three main fragments during restoration. The Mechanism currently showcased at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens is divided into eighty-two separate parts. As expected, the scholars who have been involved in the study of the Antikythera Mechanism were numerous, with specialization in various research fields. The first researchers who focused for over 30 years on the study of the function of the Mechanism published the most substantial and extensive articles available today. A series of articles were also published dealing with the function and usage of the mechanism and its calculations. The authors of the various papers formed eventually the core of the “Antikythera Mechanism Research Group” composed of researchers from Greece and the UK, supported in addition by an international team of astronomers, archaeologists, mathematicians, physicists, chemists, computer engineers, mechanical engineers, epigraphists and papyrologists. In September 2005 they undertook a major new investigation of the Antikythera Mechanism, using x-ray tomography and a PTM/RTI dome for the mapping of the texture of the fragments, which revealed internal details of the gears, as well as inscriptions previously undeciphered. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource UNESCO and ERA Chairs on Digital Cultural Heritage - Digital Heritage Research Lab Cyprus University of Technology EU ERA Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage - MNEMOSYNE Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived UNESCO and ERA Chairs on Digital Cultural Heritage - Digital Heritage Research Lab Cyprus University of Technology EU ERA Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage - MNEMOSYNE <a href="https://unescochair-dch.net/EU_Study_quality_in_3D_digitisation_of_tangible_cultural_heritage">EU Study VIGIE 2020/654</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available UNESCO and ERA Chairs on Digital Cultural Heritage - Digital Heritage Research Lab Cyprus University of Technology Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2nd century BC Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource UNESCO and ERA Chairs on Digital Cultural Heritage - Digital Heritage Research Lab Cyprus University of Technology Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Language A language of the resource en Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CS01 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Antikythera Mechanism astronomy gears lunar eclipses mechanical engineering https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/files/original/af054e0b84100269e83e65c57e621092.pdf 31710601aac8b0993e7dfafad087109f https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/files/original/9f465c0f122579136830e18094c4bbac.pdf 33afa420b49fe05eba523314429024e5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bibliographical References Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Βιβλιογραφικές Αναφορές Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bibliographical reference the Antikythera Mechanism Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Βιβλιογραφία για τον Μηχανισμό των Αντικυθήρων Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kyriakos Efstathiou MNEMOSYNE project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Kyriakos Efstathiou Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Language A language of the resource el en Type The nature or genre of the resource TEXT Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Βιβλιογραφία References Subject The topic of the resource Bibliography Antikythera Mechanism Description An account of the resource The bibliography related to the Antikythera Mechanism Η βιβλιογραφία σχετικά με τον Μηχανισμό των Αντικυθήρων Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Cyprus University of Technology Digital Heritage Research Lab Cyprus University of Technology Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/">CC BY-NC-SA 4.0</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 37.98923, 23.73207 <a href="https://www.geonames.org/7287694/archaeological-museum-of-athens.html">Archaeological Museum of Athens</a><a href="https://www.geonames.org/265080/nisi-antikythira.html"><br /></a> Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. 37.98923, 23.73207 <a href="https://www.geonames.org/7287694/archaeological-museum-of-athens.html">Archaeological Museum of Athens</a><a href="https://www.geonames.org/265080/nisi-antikythira.html"><br /></a> Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. The Antikythera Mechanism EU- FUNDED PROJECT ERA CHAIR MNEMOSYNE Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. Hellenistic (323-31 B.C.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 200-150 B.C. Antikythera Mechanism Bibliography