For a century since its discovery in an ancient shipwreck, the exact function of the mysterious 'Antikythera Mechanism' was impossible to decipher because only tiny parts of its text were understood.
From a few words deciphered on the twisted, corroded fragments of bronze gears and plates, experts guessed the relic was an astronomical instrument.
But much more remained hidden out of sight.
After more than a decade's efforts using cutting-edge scanning equipment, an international team of scientists has now read about 3,500 characters of explanatory text - a quarter of the original - in the innards of the 2,100-year-old remains.
They say it was a kind of philosopher's guide to the galaxy, and perhaps the world's oldest mechanical computer
WOW! There are so many ancient discoveries happening these last couple of weeks. Put that together with all the earthquakes, sky booms, and fireballs, UFOs, etc. it may be that the End Times are near.