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Frequently Asqued Questions
Frequently Asqued Questions
General questions
Was it left by aliens?
Where is it?
Why is it so important?
What does it do?
What is it?
Who made it?
Where was it made?
How was it made?
What was it made of?
When was the ship wrecked?
How was it recovered?
How was it found?
Is it existence evidence of time travel?
Is the Antikythera Mechanism a fake?
How many gears does it have?
What was it for?
Were there others?
Why haven't we found any others?
Why has it taken so long to find out what it does?
Astronomical questions
What are the Metonic and Callipic Cycles?
What are the Sidereal, Synodic, Tropical, Anomalistic and Draconic months?
Does it favor a Heliocentric, or Geocentric Universe?
What are the Lower Back Dials "Glyphs"?
What is a Parapegma?
What does it tell us about Greek Astronomy?
What are the Saros and Exeligmos cycles?
What is the Sothic year?