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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: is the Antikythera mechanism real?
The newest Indiana Jones movie sees him searching for the Dial of Destiny, but is it an actual artifact that exists in real life?
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny has already been released in theaters and adventure movie lovers are flocking to see it. Harrison Ford has shone once again as the legendary archaeologist in a new two-and-a-half-hour adventure, in which there are two relics that everyone is eager to get: the Lance of Longinus and something even more special: the Antikythera mechanism,also called the “Dial of DEstiny”.
For decades, Indiana Jones has done the impossible to find relics and historical objects of great importance, but none is as striking as the Antikythera Mechanism, an artifact that despite the fact that many people mistake it for a kind of time machine, serves a very different purpose.
What is the Antikythera Mechanism?
It was built by Greek scientists between the years 150 AC and 100 AC, according to investigations carried out after finding it in the Aegean Sea during the exploration of a shipwreck near the Island of Antikythera, in Greece. Apparently, it was created with the intention of predicting eclipses and astronomical positions of the planets up to 19 years in advance.
The Antikythera Mechanism is considered a clockwork device built with about 30 copper gears and the largest of them, with 223 teeth, measures 14 centimeters in diameter. It is a really complex mechanism that, when complete, worked using Babylonian ephemeris tablets as calendar information and a crank that rotated the discs and made them coincide in a certain position. The fragmented remains that have been found to date can be seen in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, in Greece.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny review
After seeing Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, in MeriStation we are clear that “the movie is not ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ nor does it intend to, as an exercise in nostalgia, it works like a charm, as entertainment, too. And above all it is a high note to end one of the most emblematic figures in the history of cinema: Indiana Jones”. You can read the full review at this link.