Diophantus of Alexandria revolutionized algebra with Arithmetica, pioneering symbolic notation and abstract number theory.

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift" ...

Have you ever gazed at a woven basket, a painted rock, or a beaded garment and felt a strange sense of harmony—like the ...

Perched on a hillside on Lefkada, an island off the west coast of Greece, the structure has been ... began around the 4th century B.C.E., when ancient Lefkada was experiencing economic prosperity.

He was a Greek mathematician and the head librarian at the Library ... a feat that stands as a testament to the ingenuity of ancient science. Using the differences in the angle of the sun’s rays at ...

CC BY 2.0/flickr Ancient Greece has traditionally been periodized into five distinct eras, the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Archaic Age, Classical Age and Hellenistic Age. By looking at archaeology, art ...

They discovered a piece of history lodged in a lump of clay: a small ornamental dagger decorated with stars, crescent moons and geometric patterns ... “A true work of art,” Kurka tells ...

A groundbreaking discovery in Lefkada has unveiled the first-ever ancient Greek theater in the Ionian Islands, shedding light on a rich part of Greece’s history. The site had been obscured by olive ...