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• NOVA follows the ingenious sleuthing that finally decoded the truth behind the amazing ancient Greek computer. TONY FREETH (Mathematician): If it hadn't been discovered when it was, in 1901, no one would possibly believe that it could exist, because it's so sophisticated.

• "Ours is the first model that conforms to all the physical evidence and matches the descriptions in the scientific inscriptions engraved on the mechanism itself," he added. Antikythera mechanism is believed to be the world's oldest computer.

• However, there appears to be little evidence that it was part of the Mechanism; it is more likely that the disc was a bronze decoration on a piece of furniture. The Antikythera mechanism is generally referred to as the first known analogue computer.

It was built 2,000 years ago, in ancient Greece. YANIS BITSAKIS: Somebody, somewhere in ancient Greece, built an extraordinary machine that was actually a mechanical computer. NARRATOR: A hundred years ago, a group of divers chanced upon a wreck, full of the largest horde of ancient Greek treasures ever found.

NOVA follows the ingenious sleuthing that finally decoded the truth behind the amazing ancient Greek computer. TONY FREETH (Mathematician): If it hadn't been discovered when it was, in 1901, no one would possibly believe that it could exist, because it's so sophisticated.

Ancient Rome is a time period fraught with video game potential, a fact that these titles clearly take advantage of. One of the most interesting and seemingly ‘perfect for gaming’ historical settings is Rome. Whether it is Ancient Rome, the Holy Roman Empire, or the Roman Renaissance, the city is one of the most significant in history.

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