Prior to the development of the highly portable astrolabe, ancient people still had high-precision instruments, but they were usually either larger or closely guarded by a few key individuals.

Apollonius of Perga (262 BC-190 BC), the great codifier of conic sections, probably studied the astrolabe projection about 225 BC. Apollonius was a Greek geometer and astronomer, whose innovative ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the same, either.

Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. Traveling from its sun-splashed isles to the rugged mainland to bustling Athens, we trace the rise of Greek culture.

This Greek cup, dating from around 510 B.C., depicts an Amazon warrior on a horse. Scholars suggest wording on the vase names the woman Worthy of Armor in ancient Circassian.