Digs & Discoveries September 1, 2011
Pieces of a Bronze Age Puzzle
Artifacts March 1, 2011
Lego Antikythera Mechanism
It took Andrew Carol 30 days to build a working model of the Antikythera Mechanism—the ancient Greek world's most sophisticated astrological instrument. The original device, dating to the second century b.c., consists of bronze gears. Carol used Legos.
(Photo courtesy Thomas Strasser)