Hello from Greece! I would like to recommend the Antikythera Mechanism as a possible theme for artwork... What is so great about the Antikythera Mechanism? * It fits within nautical and greek themes (as it is a navigation device built in Greece) * It is the first mechanical computer, a device ahead of its time Find out more, here: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism</a> a small quote from wikipedia: "The Antikythera mechanism (IPA: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA" title="Wikipedia:IPA">[ˌæntɪkɪˈθɪərə]</a>, an-ti-ki-theer-uh), is an ancient mechanical <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculator" title="Calculator">calculator</a> (also described as the first known <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer" title="Analog computer">mechanical computer</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism#cite_note-Washington_Post-1" title="">[2]</a>) designed to calculate <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy" title="Astronomy">astronomical</a> positions. It was discovered in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_wreck" title="Antikythera wreck">Antikythera wreck</a> off the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greek</a> island of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera" title="Antikythera">Antikythera</a>, between <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kythera" title="Kythera" class="mw-redirect">Kythera</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a>, in 1901. Subsequent investigation, particularly in 2006, dated it to about 150–100 BC; and hypothesised that it was on board a ship that sank en route from the Greek island of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes" title="Rhodes">Rhodes</a> to Rome. Technological artifacts of similar complexity did not reappear until a thousand years later.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism#cite_note-2" title="">[3]</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques-Yves_Cousteau" title="Jacques-Yves Cousteau">Jacques-Yves Cousteau</a> visited the wreck for the last time in 1978,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism#cite_note-3" title="">[4]</a> but found no more remains of the Antikythera Mechanism. Professor Michael Edmunds of Cardiff University who led the study of the mechanism said: "This device is just extraordinary, the only thing of its kind. The design is beautiful, the astronomy is exactly right. The way the mechanics are designed just makes your jaw drop. Whoever has done this has done it extremely carefully." He added: "...in terms of historic and scarcity value, I have to regard this mechanism as being more valuable than the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa" title="Mona Lisa">Mona Lisa</a>."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism#cite_note-4" title="">[5]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism#cite_note-Guardian-5" title="">[6]</a> The device is displayed in the Bronze Collection of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Archaeological_Museum_of_Athens" title="National Archaeological Museum of Athens">National Archaeological Museum of Athens</a>, accompanied by a reconstruction made and offered to the museum by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_J._de_Solla_Price" title="Derek J. de Solla Price">Derek de Solla Price</a>. Other reconstructions are on display at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Computer_Museum" title="American Computer Museum">American Computer Museum</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bozeman,_Montana" title="Bozeman, Montana">Bozeman, Montana</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Museum_of_Manhattan" title="Children's Museum of Manhattan">Children's Museum of Manhattan</a> in New York. " Best regards, Olga Segou.