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Rosetta Stone at the British Museum. Image 360onhistory.com

Rosetta Stone Rediscovered – July 15-16, 1799

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The Rosetta Stone was rediscovered on July 15-16, 1799 by Napoleon's soldiers in Egypt. It is a stele inscribed with a decree, issued in 196 BC in Memphis.

A rusting, green set of gears known as the Antikythera Mechanism found at the bottom of the ocean aboard a decaying Greek ship it is now acknowledged as the first computer.

This 2,000 year old mechanism is the first computer ever

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This 2,000 year old mechanism is the first computer ever and it is known as the Antikythera Mechanism found on an ancient Greek ship in 1901

Illustration by Louis Figuier in Vies des savants illustres, depuis l'antiquité jusqu'au dix-neuvième siècle from 1866, representing the author's imagining of what the assault against Hypatia might have looked like

Hypatia – Greek Philosopher Mathematician Astronomer Killed By Fanatics

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Hypatia was a Greek pholosopher mathematician & astronomer from Alexandria, in the 4th century BC. She was admired for her ideas but was killed by Christian fanatics.