On Dark Roasted Blend they have an article on astronomical clocks. One has a gear which would take 20,000 years to rotate once. Others are huge, color-laden monuments which are still awed upon despite the advent of wristwatches. You can also see the remnants of The Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek clock between 150 and 100 B.C. Mostly, these things just look incredible and make me feel like I'm in a sequel to Myst. Ironically, it's time-keeping devices like these which can make you feel a real connection to antiquity.
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