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

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 ...

The story typically told in the West is that science was invented in ancient Greece and then ... to Athens to Alexandria in Egypt. Greek natural philosophy was influenced by the mathematical and ...

Restoration efforts are underway at the archaeological site of Dion, as the Greek Ministry of Culture moves forward with plans to revitalize the monumental complex of the Ancient Agora.

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.

Over 1,700 years ago, the ancient Greek Stoic philosopher, Epictetus, proposed an entirely different theory. He argued that it’s not life events that upset us, but our thoughts about them.

The work of scribesthat is, the officials responsible for giraglifica writing and the transposition of the cultural memory of ancient Egypt, it was precisely to study and write: to allow them to do it ...

However, some of history’s most impressive inventions took place thousands of years ago ... it was eventually announced that the Antikythera mechanism is an ancient hand-powered Greek analog computer ...

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 ...

The session explored India’s ancient timekeeping techniques and their continued relevance in contemporary science. The conference aims to provide new direction to scientific research and ...

Hippocratic medicine and the concept of balance Hippocrates, regarded as the father of medicine in ancient Greece, did not explicitly describe diabetes. However, his writings reflect an emphasis on ...