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Software tools for analysis and visualization of the antikythera mechanism

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DOI:10.1109/3DTV.2017.8280425
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Authors: Anastasovitis Eleftherios / Roumeliotis Manos

Extracted Abstract:

The Antikythera Mechanism is not only an artifact. It is the first known geared computer that spurs interest of archaeologists, as- tronomers, mechanical engineers and software developers. Its high level of corrosion, make very difficult its further studies. Al- though, the generated data which have been produced during an international research project for the Antikythera Mechanism, are going to be public. On the other hand, the fast evolution in com- puter graphics area, both in hardware and software, offers to users more possibilities than a few years ago in analysis, visualization and representation. In this paper, powerful and non-commercial software packages are presented, suitable for the study of the An- tikythera Mechanism, and generally, for similar artifacts of Cul- tural Heritage. Index Terms—Antikythera Mechanism, visualization, vol- umetric analysis, computer tomography, cultural heritage 1.

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