images.
Return to Antikythera (antikythera.whoi.edu, accessed March 29, 2016) is a valuable web-site created
by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports
documenting the continuing investigation of the Antikythera shipwreck, with an excellent account of the
history of the investigation and links to pages detailing the artifacts recovered.
Ancient Computer (pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/ancient-computer, accessed March 29, 2016) is a
fascinating NOVA program from 2013 about the attempt to decode the secrets of the Antikythera
mechanism.
Archimedes (math.nyu.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents, accessed March 29, 2016) is “a virtual book
about Archimedes,” with texts, animations, and links to all manner of resources concerning the man “who
is widely regarded as the greatest mathematician and scientist in antiquity.”
Art of the Hellenistic Age and the Hellenistic Tradition (metmuseum.org/toah/hd/haht/hd_haht, accessed
March 29, 2016) presents well-annotated images of artifacts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s
splendid collection of Hellenistic art, with links to maps, timelines, and valuable thematic essays.
Pergamon (pergamon.secondpage.de/index_en, accessed March 29, 2016) is a spectacular collection of
visualization projects that includes a 3D visualization of ancient Pergamum, beautiful slide-shows of the
site, and interactive reconstructions of the friezes from the Great Altar of Zeus.