Scientists Found a Hidden Computer From the Roman Empire—and Solved Its Mysterious Secret

Using, oddly enough, techniques developed to analyze gravitational wave signals.

Built around the beginning of the 1st century BCE, the Antikythera Mechanism is the oldest known analog computer in human history, and there’s an enduring mystery surrounding what it was used for.Now, scientists from the University of Glasgow have leveraged advanced statistical analysis—even employing techniques used to analyze gravitational wave signals—to lend credence to the theory that the mechanism actually calculates the lunar calendar.

A YouTuber named Chris Budiselic, who runs the channel Clickspring, embarked on a several episode journey to recreate the Antikythera Mechanism, inspiring Woan and Bayley to use their particular expertise to investigate the device further. “A colleague pointed me to data acquired by YouTuber Chris Budiselic, who was looking to make a replica of the calendar ring and was investigating ways to determine just how many holes it contained,” Woan said in a press statement.

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