Antikythera Mechanism and the Ancient World

Figure 2

The seismic activity map in the Mediterranean. The tectonic faults were marked in dotted lines. The earthquake with 6 and 7 magnitudes has been plotted as points (from 1970). The volcanic activities were marked as triangles. The Valor Temple in Rome, the Temple of the Muses in Crotone in southern Italy (the school of Pythagoras), the Parthenon in Athens, and the Pyramid of Cheops were shown additionally. As squares with numbers marked: Cave of the Nymphs in Ithaca (1), Diktaean Cave in Crete (2), Cave of Pythagoras in Samos (3), and Cave of Darkness in Malta (4).