The Antikythera mechanism — an ancient shoebox-sized device that was used to track the motions of the sun, moon and planets — followed the Greek lunar calendar, not the solar one used by the ...

The Antikythera Mechanism is an approximately 2,200-year-old analogue computer created in ancient Greece. The device, made of ...

One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia was crafted by Phidias around 435 B.C. but ...

From the time it was fished out from the colossal depths of the seas near Antikythera ... the mechanism worked were a fine blend of the Babylonian arithmetical calculations and Greek trigonometry ...

In 1901, researchers discovered what's now known as the Antikythera mechanism ... to suggest that the Antikythera mechanism was likely used to track the Greek lunar year. In short, it's a ...

The tiny Greek island of Antikythera is offering families around £15,000 to relocate as part of an initiative aimed at reviving its dwindling population. However, there’s one significant ...

Historical evidence is helping to pinpoint the exact locations of fabled sites, from King Arthur’s castle to Solomon’s Temple Shoshi Parks Found on the Greek island of Euboea, the pebbled ...

Potamos Antikythiron (Greece) (AFP ... he told AFP at an observation station on the small Aegean island of Antikythera. At the crack of dawn, the researcher and his colleagues lay out nets ...

The help comes as the Greek government requests the activation of the European Civil Protection Mechanism, which helps European Union countries respond to emergencies. The first helicopter from ...

Visiting Santorini or Mykonos in Greece could start costing you a little extra as government officials devise a strategy to curb overtourism on the islands. Greek officials are planning to impose ...

Greece has called on the European Union to help fight a large wildfire ravaging the northern suburbs of Athens. As the Civil Protection Mechanism has been activated, EU spokesperson Balazs Ujvari ...