The World's Oldest Computer is Slowly Revealing its Secrets

Item 15087 wasn't much to look at, particularly compared to other wonders uncovered from the shipwreck at Antikythera, Greece, in 1901, Sarah Kaplan reports on washingtonpost.com.

Amid all that splendor, who could have guessed that a shoebox-size mangled bronze machine, its inscriptions barely legible, its gears calcified and corroded, would be the discovery that could captivate scientists for more than a century, Kaplan wrote.

"It would be hard to dispute that this is the single most information-rich object that has been uncovered by archaeologists from ancient times."

For more on the work to unravel the ancient computer's mysteries, including two fascinating videos on the more than 2,000 year old device: http://kenallensforum.blogspot.com/