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Re: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2006 Jun 13, 00:36 EDT
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2006 Jun 13, 00:36 EDT
Dan Allen wrote: "On June 6, 2006 it was announced that the imaging system had enabled much more of the Greek inscription to be viewed and translated, from about 1,000 characters that were visible previously, to about 2,000 characters, representing about 95% of the complete text. " That story caught my eye, too, and I'm looking forward to hearing what the text says. Probably something disappointingly mundane like "turn the crank to see the Moon's phases", but ya never know... -FER 42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W. www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
