The world’s oldest computer predates Bill Gates only by about 2,000 years. In fact, the absolutely mind-boggling Antikythera Mechanism
– a corroded clocklike object found among the ruins of a sunken ship –
may prove that advanced scientific technology existed far earlier than
we ever thought possible. Scientists have since discovered that this
mysterious Greek invention predicted solar eclipses, organized the
calendar in four-year cycles, and may well be linked to renowned
astrologer and engineer Archimedes. Though no other such mechanisms have
ever been found, experts believe that many more made around the same
time in 100 B.C.E. once existed.