28 January 2007 04:00
BABYLON BATTERY 300 BC & Antikythera ANALOG computer
In 1930, Wilhelm König, an Austrian archaeologist took part in a German expedition to Warka, which he later directed. In 1931, he was appointed Assistant Director of the Baghdader Antikenverwaltung (the Baghdad Antiquities' Administration), becoming its
Babylon Batttery
The ancient battery in the Baghdad Museum as well as those others which were unearthed in Iraq all date from the Parthian Persian occupation between 248 B.C. and A.D. 226. However, Konig found copper vases plated with silver in the Baghdad Museum excavate
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