Archimedes traveled to Egypt to study at the Library of Alexandria at age 18 ... this his greatest accomplishment and asked that a representation of a sphere inside a cylinder be left on his tomb.

The Archimedes Palimpsest resurfaces in Paris and sells for $2 million at a Christie's of New York auction. 1999-present The Palimpsest is loaned to the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland.

The heroes then manage to escape Voller's clutches with the help of some well-placed dynamite on Helena's part, and head to Sicily where the second half of the Dial can be found in Archimedes' tomb.