# 3D Slicer and Antikythera Mechanism, A new publication

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**Created:** [April 25, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/3d-slicer-and-antikythera-mechanism-a-new-publication/17316 "2021-04-25T22:43:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/3d-slicer-and-antikythera-mechanism-a-new-publication/17316/1 "2021-04-25T22:43:16Z")

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Our sixth publication of our team _The Functional Reconstruction of Antikythera Mechanism-The FRAMe Project_ , which just published in the _Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry_ Journal .

Our paper entitled " _Renumbering of the Antikythera Mechanism Saros Cells, Resulting from the Saros Spiral Mechanical Apokatastasis_ ",  
concerns the recalculation of the numbering of the survived _Saros Spiral_ cells (corrected to _Saros Helix_ according to the ancient Greek naming), which was based on mechanical /structural elements of Symmetry adopted by the ancient manufacturer. The position of these geometric elements is not affected by the strong deformation and displacement of the Mechanism parts, as a result of corrosion and the density of material change.

Based on these data of Symmetry, a correction in the numbering of the Saros cells that have information for the eclipse events, by a factor of “-1” was made from the (until our publication) the accepted Saros cell numbering. Note that this very important correction on the cell numbering was done after 13 years.

Here you can download our work:[http://maajournal.com/Issues/2021/Vol21-2/6\_Voulgaris\_et\_al\_21(2).pdf](http://maajournal.com/Issues/2021/Vol21-2/6_Voulgaris_et_al_21(2).pdf)