When we think of modern innovations, we often picture digital devices, advanced medicine, or sleek engineering. But what if many of the ideas we call “modern” were already in use thousands of years ...

UNESCO on Monday officially declared February 9 as World Greek Language Day after approving a proposal made to the UN's ...

The story typically told in the West is that science was invented in ancient Greece and then ... to Athens to Alexandria in ...

The discovery of Tetinebefou’s tomb offers a fascinating window into the world of ancient ... BCE Greek historian, noted that Egyptian doctors often specialized in specific areas of medicine.

"That's ancient history ... mathematics, medicine and astronomy. Over the centuries, the nation that would become Iran thrived as it assimilated influences from Egypt, Greece and India.

The vibrant period of Ancient Greek civilization from 1200 BCE to 323 BCE gave us exceptional achievements that we continue to benefit from today. It was a long stretch of time that spanned from ...

Perfumes had captivated the ancient Greeks and through many sources, we can still venture through the world of perfumes in ...

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.

An entire ancient Egyptian settlement from the New Kingdom, also known as the Golden Age of Egypt, surfaced from beneath Greek ruins at the site of Kom el-Nugus near Alexandria Among the artifacts ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures from ancient Greek and Roman mythology. In Greek and Roman ...