I caught a feature in History Channel about the Antikythera Mechanism. It is a 2,000 year-old clocklike mechanism found in 1901 by divers off the isle of Antikythera. This find puzzled many since the mechanism is so modern that it can't be that old. However, in 2002, Michael Wright, curator of Mechanical Engineering at the London Science Museum, demonstrated that the mechanism can be replicated using tools possibly available during the estimated time when the mechanism was crafted. It is amazing how we underestimated the capability of our ancestors.
Some information about the Antikythera mechanism are available here.
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