Antikythera is a small Greek island in the Aegean just opposite from Kythera, a larger island, and it is located approximately halfway between Crete and the Peloponnese. Despite their remote location, both Kythera and Antikythera belong administratively to the Greek capital. They are both part of the Attica region, which has its heart in the Athens metropolitan area.
The island has three settlements — Potamos, which is the island’s capital, Galanian? and Charchalian?.
Since the project to attract young families to the island was made public, more than fifteen different families have called the local council to fond out further details of the plan.
The council president notes that local people are willing to host whoever would like to come and visit the island to gain a hands-on experience of its way of life. This is considered important in order for families to be able to make a sound decision about moving there permanently.
Antikythera is famous globally for an ancient bronze machine which was discovered there in a shipwreck in April, 1900 by a group of sponge divers. Christened by archaeologists ”The Antikythera Machine”, it is actually an ancient analog computer used to predict astronomical positions as well as eclipses of the planets.
Able to predict such events decades in advance, it is regarded as one of the greatest scientific treasures ever found.
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