Antikythera Ephebe Bronze Statue
340–330 BCE
The Antikythera Ephebe — a 2,350-year-old bronze statue recovered from the same shipwreck as the Mechanism — represents the pinnacle of ancient Greek bronze casting, with glass eyes and an expression of psychological depth unmatched for 1,500 years.
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Antikythera Mechanism Fragment B
150–100 BCE
The back plate of the Antikythera Mechanism — revealed by CT scanning in 2006 — shows a Saros eclipse prediction dial and Metonic calendar of extraordinary complexity, 1,500 years ahead of equivalent European technology.
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