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Re-order Paragraphs

PTE · Re-order Paragraphs

Arrange the sentences into a logical order.

Put the sentences in the correct order:

  1. As a result, it is now widely regarded as the earliest known analog computer, built more than two thousand years ago.
  2. The scans revealed that the device was an astonishing astronomical calculator, able to predict eclipses and track the movements of the planets.
  3. This changed in the 2000s, when teams used high-resolution X-ray tomography to map the hidden teeth and inscriptions layer by layer.
  4. Early scholars could see that it contained interlocking cogs, yet they had no way to peer inside the fused, encrusted fragments.
  5. The Antikythera mechanism, a corroded lump of bronze gears recovered from a Roman-era shipwreck in 1901, baffled researchers for decades.

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