Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on ...

OK is one of the most frequently used words in the English language, but does it have a Greek origin? There are numerous ...

Scientists have uncovered an extensive underwater vent system near Milos, Greece, hidden along active fault lines beneath the ...

Ancient thinkers struggled to tell facts from falsehoods just like we do – and their strategies are still relevant today.

The Greeks proposed the idea that humans are a form of artificial intelligence. Prometheus and Hephaestus use technology to ...

Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology, explored ancient myths and folklore about creating automation, artificial ...

Known as a kore, this 2,500 year-old-statue is a fusion of ancient aesthetics and a symbol of cultural exchange between the ...

A study on Indo-European languages, using direct linguistic data, reconciles the two dominant hypotheses of where and how ...

Western civilization arose in Greece in the 8th century BC, when some 1,500 city-states emerged from a murky, illiterate ...

Towards the end of Philip Ball’s marvellous book on the history of alchemy he tells the story of pioneering nuclear physicist ...

At first, the archaeologists assumed the images came from Homer’s Iliad, the best-known account of the war. The scenes seemed ...