Archaeologists and divers returned to the 2,000-year-old Antikythera wreck in Greece ... helped with astronomy calculations and later inspired the 2023 film “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” ...

Second, modern Greece must become Hellas, that is to say, return to its ancient virtues of polytheism, democracy, science, naked Olympics, and political independence guaranteed by the world’s ...

An astrophysicist has shed new light on how the ancient Egyptians viewed our galaxy thousands of years ago. In an "exciting" study published in the Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage Or ...

The remains of a large rectangular public building, called a stoa, were found in Greece in 2022 as archaeologists explored the ancient sunken city of Salamis. Greek Ministry of Culture ...

Athens, Greece was founded more than 5,000 years ago and houses works of historic architecture such as the Acropolis, begun in 447 B.C.E. Greek culture flourished in this Greek city-state during ...

Lately, a surprising discovery about the evolution of our galaxy has been made. A large number of ancient stars were found in an unlikely region of our galaxy, the Milky Way. They formed the thin ...

Professor of Ancient Greek History Paul Christesen joins WIRED to answer your questions from Twitter. What do we know about the original Olympics? How did Ancient Greece elect leaders? Is the film ...

An ancient book on astronomy from the 1500s sold for more than £10,000 ($12,200), as a "private international buyer" triumphed over intense competition at a U.K. auction.

Ancient Astronomy Was A Huge Group Effort. This Astrolabe Proves It. The 11th-century star chart tracks the exchange of scientific ideas across Muslim, Jewish, and Christian cultures.

By NewsPress Now A four-part lecture series hosted at the St. Joseph Public Library beginning this weekend focuses on ancient astronomy. The talks will be presented by Dr. Jay Lemanski and delve ...