Authorities in Sicily recently received a call from a citizen who had made a surprising discovery in the waters off the coastal city of Syracuse: two stone anchors dating back 2,500 years. Divers ...

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Born in Syracuse, Sicily (then part of Greece), in about 287 B.C., Archimedes traveled to Egypt at the age of 18 to study at the great library of Alexandria. Upon completing his studies ...

Agathocles’ audacious invasion of Africa in 310 BC, during the Greek-Carthaginian War of 311–310 BC, was a significant conflict between the Greek forces of Syracuse, led by Agathocles, and the ...

A virgin and martyr of Syracuse in Sicily, whose feast is celebrated on December 13th. According to the tradition, Saint Lucy was born of rich and noble parents in the year 283. Her father was of ...