I [[juni]] [[2006]] blev det annonceret,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060610062247/http://www.physorg.com/news68796309.html General Science : June 06, 2006: Researchers find hidden Greek text on 'world's oldest astronomy computer'] Citat: "..."Part of the text on the machine, over 1,000 characters, had already been deciphered, but we have succeeded in doubling this total," said physician Yiannis Bitsakis..."We have now deciphered 95 percent of the text," he told AFP. .."</ref> at man havde fundet 2.000 tegn. Det meste af den græske tekst (95%) har kunnet aflæses. Den leverer et stærkt vidnesbyrd om, at Antikythera-mekanismen må være en astronomicomputer.<ref>[http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v444/n7119/abs/nature05357.html Nature 444, 587-591 (30 November 2006): Decoding the ancient Greek astronomical calculator known as the Antikythera Mechanism] Citat: "...The mechanism predicted lunar and solar eclipses on the basis of Babylonian arithmetic-progression cycles. The inscriptions support suggestions of mechanical display of planetary positions, now lost..."</ref>
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