Channel: SecretTV
Duration: 49:18
Description: Ancient Greek Inventions: The Antikythera Mechanism and the Ancient Roots of Modern Technology. This documentary covers the origins of ancient time and the measurement thereof, from Ctesibius and his ancient water clock, to Archimedes, to the ancient discoveries of the Antikythera Mechanism in the Mediterranean 1900 and various other ingenious devices. Mentioned in this film are the ancient Greeks and Romans, Ctesibius, Archimedes, the Archimedean screw, the Ancient Library of Alexandria, the Tower of the Winds in Athens, and modern research on these devices.
Published: May 2, 2016 8:08 am