Geo answer
For today’s Geo Quiz, we were looking for the name of a tiny island in the Mediterranean, located north of Crete. The answer is the Greek island of Antikythera. The World’s David Leveille reports on new theory about the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient computing device dating back to 100 B.C. Researchers say it may have functioned as a calendar of the ancient Olympics.
For today’s Geo Quiz — start by locating the Mediterranean. Finding the sea that splashes Europe, Africa and Asia should be easy.
Now you have to zoom in to find a tiny Greek island. It’s just north-west of the bigger island of Crete. Now, the tiny island we’re looking for is best known for an ancient shipwreck that was discovered off its shores back more than a century ago.
The device is a unique piece of ancient technologyThe device is a unique piece of ancient technologyThe ancient wreck yielded bronze statues and all sorts of ancient artifacts. One item resembled a mechanized clock. Some called it an ancient Greek computer. But archeologists didn’t really know WHAT it was… until recently.
We’ll tell you more about the ancient device in a few minutes. First try and pinpoint the Greek Island where it was discovered.
Time to answer our Geo Quiz now. We’re were looking for the name of a tiny island in the Ionian Sea.
The answer is the island of Antikythera.
The island figures in some new scientific research as the World’s David Leveille reports: