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The discovery of the Antikythera mechanism, an intricate bronze device recovered from an ancient shipwreck, forced historians to —reviseconfirmignore their assumptions about early technology. Far more sophisticated than anything else known from its era, the device used dozens of interlocking gears to —predictdestroypurchase the positions of celestial bodies. Its complexity suggests that ancient engineers possessed knowledge that was later —lostpatentedtranslated for centuries.