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An ongoing exhibition of ancient Greek technology

At the Municipal Theater of Corinth, an exhibition on ancient Greek is taking place . The cmthey are accompanied by rich audio-visual material, include an excellent 350 inventions of the ancient Greeks, covering the period from 2000 BC. until the end of antiquity.

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Visitors to the exhibition will discover that the technology of ancient Greeks just before the end of the ancient Greek world was extremely similar to the beginnings of our modern technology.

Visitors can admire the automatic theater of Philon (cinema of the ancient Greeks), the programmable theater of Heron and his aeolosphere (the first steam engine in history), the hydraulic clock of Ctesibius, the mechanism of Antikythera, the hydraulics of Ctesibius ( the first keyboard musical instrument in history), Dionysius' catapult machine gun (the first flat chains worldwide) and many more.

The exhibition, under the auspices of the municipality of Corinthia, will last until 7 February and is open to the public daily by 8.00 am. to 1.00 pm. and afternoon by 5.00. until 8.00 in the evening.

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