The astrolabe is one of the most significant ... dating to the late 6th century B.C., making them another important ancient Greek invention. George Papanikolaou – a veteran of Greece’s medical ...

the scroll contains part of a multi-volume work titled "On Vices" and was written by an ancient Greek philosopher, Philodemus. The charred scroll was recovered from a Roman villa, believed to have ...

The lecture hall of an "impressive high school" from an ancient Greek settlement was recently uncovered in Italy – with the discovery highlighting the similarities between ancient and modern ...

The Greek Ministry of Culture has announced that archaeologists have fully uncovered the ancient Greek theater of Lefkada, the first such monument ever discovered in Greece’s Ionian islands.

The vibrant period of Ancient Greek civilization from 1200 BCE to 323 BCE gave us exceptional achievements that we continue to benefit from today. It was a long stretch of time that spanned from ...

In ancient Greece and Rome ... cultural significance of these sculptures,” writes Bill Giannopoulos for the Greek City Times. In some instances, the scents were also applied in ways that ...

New study claims Ancient Greek and Roman statues were perfumed. © Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses ...

To read about a marble sculpture unearthed in the ancient Greek city of Philippi, go to "A Young Hercules." ...

The Greek municipality of Tenea boasts a rich ancient history—and the archaeological artifacts to prove it. Finds in the region have long hinted at a once-thriving settlement, with the latest ...

The longest Greek papyrus ever found in the Judean Desert, which sheds new light on a legal drama that unfolded in Israel nearly 2,000 years ago, has now been published for the first time. Over the ...

As for the double-convex lens, it is an instrument used by astronomers, known as an astrolabe.” Though the exact nature ... Researchers have found other lenses in ancient Greek and Roman sites.