A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus was recently discovered at St. Catherine Monastery in Egypt.

The Suda, the massive tome written by a Byzantine scholar around the year 1100, was one of the world's first encyclopedias and lexicons.

This book is the only up-to-date general introduction to ancient Greek sport now available in English. Its subjects include the origins and history of the Olympic games, athletic nudity, ...

One of these, The Periplus of the Eritrean Sea, a document written in the first century by a Greek merchant living ... be revealed . . . . Peter Tyson is Online Producer of NOVA.

Three different designs of ancient Greek columns. The Greeks believed that the secret to making a great building was maths. They carefully designed and measured their buildings, making sure they ...

Greek cities had beautiful temples with stone columns and statues, and open-air theatres where people sat to watch plays. Image caption, Ancient Greek ruins of the Temple of Apollo and theatre in ...

Featuring our narrator Kenny Curtis (a 30-year veteran in kids radio) and the Oracle of Wifi (played by Tori Kerr), who breaks in with facts and tidbits on Ancient Greek history and culture.

Nov. 7, 2024 — Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected ...

The word skolion means “sideways” in ancient Greek, a reference to how the guests took turns to sing, afterward passing a myrtle branch to the man reclining next to him who was to sing next.

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In 1999, New York Times journalist Nicholas D. Kristof reported a surprising encounter on a tiny African island called Pate, just off the coast of Kenya. Here, in a village of stone huts set ...

The hand-powered Ancient Greek device is thought to have been used to predict eclipses and other astronomical events. But only a third of the device survived, leaving researchers pondering how it ...