The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Computer (2012)

A historical and scientific investigation telling the extraordinary story of how the ancient Greeks built a computer 2,000 years ago. Set against the glorious backdrop of classical Greece, this Grierson-nominated film follows the international research team who finally solved the puzzle of the ‘Antikythera Mechanism’. Scientific breakthroughs illustrated with stunning graphics and reenactments, reveal a trail of mysterious numbers that solved the conundrum of the gears – a real life Da Vinci code set in ancient Greece.

Released

2012-03-14

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

75 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Mike Beckham

TMDB rating

7.7/10 from 3 votes