Ancient buildings like Greece’s amphitheaters and Japan’s temples remain in use today, preserving cultural heritage.

We refer to this as the “Greek Theater” effect (Morsella et al., in press). In Ancient Greece, theaters often contained a central, circular stage. With this geometry, any spectator could ...

In the 900 years between those notable moments, Ancient Greek culture shaped contemporary poetry, democracy, philosophy, art, theater, and language. Take Greek mythology, for example: those ...