VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Administrator (Rev. Dr. Peter Hearty)|DATE|1358684233|CONTENT|[blockquote]And note the fact that it was found on a Greek ship is passed over.[/blockquote]

The article wasn't really about ships, so I suppose not mentioning ships was understandable. :)

[blockquote]unless we accept that, like the Antikythera, people were as clever and ingenious back then as now.[/blockquote]

I didn't mean to suggest anything about people being less clever in the past.

All crafts and technology take generations to perfect. When a civilisation declines many of those skills are often lost. The intricate metal work needed to create precisely crafted gears must have been developed over a long period of time. What is remarkable is not just that they achieved this with the limited tools available, but that almost all record of their achievement was lost and only a single artefact remains.|IP-ADDRESS|94.168.119.214|MODERATIONFLAG|
