# Whiddington 2025: Did the Antikythera Mechanism Actually Work? A New Study Says It May Have Jammed

> Richard Whiddington, 2025. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Journalism, cited for the reception of the jamming paper.

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# Did the Antikythera Mechanism Actually Work? A New Study Says It May Have Jammed

Richard Whiddington, 2025. _Artnet News_.

Report (16 April 2025) of the Szigety and Arenas model and the authors' view that a non-functional toy is unlikely.

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Journalism, cited for the reception of the jamming paper.

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[The authors themselves describe the result as speculative and dependent on the measured errors.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/evidence/EVD0D3FQANT5GJA/the-authors-themselves-describe-the-result-as-speculative)

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[The Antikythera Mechanism](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism)

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Whiddington, R. (2025). Did the Antikythera Mechanism Actually Work? A New Study Says It May Have Jammed. Artnet News. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/antikythera-mechanism-function-study-2633024
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