INSIGHTS INTO RIDLEY SCOTT’S FILM: PROMETHEUSby Doug Yurchey SPOILER ALERT! IF YOU WANT TO GO INTO THE FILM UNAWARE…DO NOT READ THIS ARTICLE! What happens when we die? Where do we go? Who made us and why? These are some of the questions that motivate the crew of the Prometheus. The long-awaited return of director Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Blade Runner) to the world of … [Read more...]
Antikythera Mechanism – Reconstruction
Antikythera Mechanism WHEN a Greek sponge diver called Elias Stadiatos discovered the wreck of a cargo ship (it is now accepted that the wreck occurred during the first century B.C.) off the tiny island of Antikythera in 1900, it was the statues lying on the seabed that made the greatest impression on him. He returned to the surface, removed his helmet, and gabbled that he … [Read more...]