Antikythera

Poseidon cooperated this time around. The ancient Greek god blessed the archaeologists, divers and scientists in their latest mission to the Antikythera wreck with smooth seas. Because since 2014, when research resumed at the site of antiquity's most famous sunken ship, rough seas whipped up by gale-force winds have always stood as an obstacle.

The Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek hand-powered orrery, which is the oldest known analog computer, followed the Greek lunar calendar, not the solar one used by the Egyptians as previously believed, according to new research by a team from the University of Glasgow.

The government is preparing to announce the creation of two new marine parks - in the Ionian and Aegean seas - ahead of the 9th Our Ocean Conference in Greece (April 15-17). 

A 4.3 magnitude earthquake rattled Antikythera early Thursday morning, a small island on the edge of the Aegean Sea, lying between Crete and the Peloponnese. No damages were reported.

The tremor was recorded at 4.20 a.m., 298 km south-southwest of Athens.

Giorgos Sklavos uses a slotted spoon to collect sea salt from depressions in the rocks on the coast of Kythira, on Saturday. Salt harvesters on the island, which lies off the southeastern tip of the Peloponnese, have seen business pick up in recent years as Kythira's premium salt has come back in vogue.

Archaeologists investigating the wreck of a Roman cargo ship off the coast of Antikythera, southeast of the Peloponnese, made several interesting finds during May-June underwater excavations that had not been expected to yield much excitement, but to be of a more technical nature.

In the fifth installment of this beloved swashbuckling series of films, Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) races against time to retrieve a legendary dial, the Antikythera Mechanism, created by ancient Greek scientist Archimedes in the 3rd century BC that can change the course of history.

The Hellenic Ornithological Society has welcomed the arrival on the Aegean island of Antikythira of a tagged female Eleonora's falcon after it made the long flight from the east African island nation of Madagascar.

The Association for the Research of Ancient-Greek and Byzantine Technology and the Museum Herakleidon present "Eureka: Science, Art and Technology of the Ancient Greeks," which includes the Automaton and the Antikythera Mechanism, two great inventions of that era. The exhibition takes places in both of the museum's buildings, which are walking distance from one another.

Marine archaeologists pull up a net full of ancient ceramic artifacts during a diving expedition at a shipwreck off the island of Antikythera this month. The latest haul of five sandbags, which had been left on the seabed during a previous expedition, included bones, olive kernels, copper nails and a bronze ring. The team also pulled up a basket full of amphora pieces.