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1901 BCE
77-100 BC
In 1901, between the islands of Crete and Kythera, a diver found the remnants
of what might only be considered a mechanical computer. The device is a
complex mix of gears which most likely calculated the position of the sun,
moon or other celestial bodies. The device dates back 2000 years and is
considered to be of Greek origin and was given the name “The Antikythera
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Some historians affirm that Talos, a giant creature written about in ancient
Greek literature, was a creature (either a man or a bull) made of bronze, given
by Zeus to Europa.
According to one version of the myths he was created in -
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Minos. In another version Talos came to Crete with Zeus to watch over his
love Europa, and Minos received him as a gift from her. There are
suppositions that his name Talos in the old Cretan language meant the "Sun"
and that Zeus was known in Crete by the similar name of Zeus Tallaios. Since
Talos was a bronze man, his blood was lead, which they believed was a divine
fluid (ichor), identical to that what runs in the veins of the gods. Talos' single -
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vein was leading from his neck through his body to one of his heels, which was
closed by a bronze nail or a bronze peg or a pin.