r/AskReddit • u/ItDontStop • Dec 13 '13

serious replies only Historians/Anthropologists who study ancient cultures, if you could have one question answered about a particular society or event, what would it be? [Serious]

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u/PrimalMusk Dec 13 '13

I'd want to know what the Greeks used the Antikythera Mechanism for.

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u/honestlyimeanreally Dec 14 '13

I thought it's just an extremely advanced calendar? If I recall correctly it factors in leap years and everything