An ancient inscription indicates that in 262 AD there was another battle at Thermopylae between the Greeks and the Goths.

Two lost books by Apollonius, the ancient Greek mathematician known as "The Great Geometer," have survived in an Arabic ...

Many unexpected treasures have turned out to be true storytellers, solving mysteries and illuminating the shadows of the past ...

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Researchers have managed to decipher the manuscript of an ancient Egyptian mathematician ... to have been written by the Egyptian scholar of Greek descent Claudius Ptolemy during the first century ...

Ancient Chinese astronomer Shi Shen’s star catalog, known as The Star Manual of Master Shi, is now considered the oldest star ...

The project was based on an ancient bamboo text called the "Shi Fang" manuscript. The text offers a wealth of information on ancient Chinese cooking practices, offering recipes from steamed fish ...

Although many sought to find it, the calculation of pi, which is also expressed by the fraction 22/7, is commonly credited to ...

Though often overshadowed by other 20th century discoveries, this trove of ancient manuscripts represents ... of the Peloponnesian War” with a Greek version of the biblical Book of Daniel.

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, California, has a new exhibit that offers visitors a deeper understanding of ancient Judaism and the early foundations of ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York ...