Looks like a device found some 113 years ago, laying in the ruins of a Roman ship has been dissected by digital imaging devices. The small device has been something of a mystery for some time, possessing very intricate, interlocking gears.
It is now believed, by some, to be a very complex astronomical device put together to track the movements of the moon, sun and planets.
Very cool article at Nature (dated 2010).

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