The Antikythera Mechanism
| Director: | Martin Freeth |  |
| Year: | 2008 | |
| Running time: | 14:17 | |
| Dialogue: | English | |
| Country: | England | |
| Format: | Color / Mini DV | |
| Genre: | Documentary – Reality recorded | |
| Competition: | Science Documentary | |
| Session: | DOC1 | |
| Screenings: | CERN Globe: Tuesday 16 18:00 Forum Meyrin: Friday 19 12:20 | |
| New interpretations of the Antikythera Mechanism reveal that it was used to predict eclipses, and that it had a dial recording the dates of ancient Olympiads. The 2,000-year-old mechanism demonstrates the extraordinary engineering prowess of the Hellenic world. | ||