Diagram of the Chronos Dial

Chronos Dial

Circa 200 B.C.E.

Recovered from the Antikythera shipwreck's deeper strata, this mechanism defies period-appropriate metallurgy. Isotopic analysis suggests an origin point external to the solar system, yet the gearing predicts terrestrial eclipses with impossible precision.

Fig. IV—32 Acq. #1984-X