The Antikythera computer captured the ancient Greek passion for mathematics, and especially geometry, and science.

Since the harps were of wood, all that remains of them are drawings on ancient Greek vases. From these we can tell that the kollopes, or tuning pegs, were usually located either on the base of the ...

Find out about some ancient Greek inventions that are still used today! Introduction to Ancient Greece Find out what the ancient Greeks were like. What toys did children play with? What were ...

The inventions of the hemispherium and the hemicyclium are attributed to Berosus (356-323 BCE), a Chaldean priest and astronomer who brought these types of sundials to Greece. Both dials use the shape ...

When was Ancient Greece? How did ancient Greece begin? The first Olympic games and new discoveries How was Greece ruled? Activities About 2,500 years ago Greece was one of the most important ...

The Parthian Battery or Baghdad Battery is one of the most fascinating inventions of the ancient world preceding the batteries we use today.

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Ancient Greeks held festivals ... This bronze likeness of Apollo was found in 1959 in Piraeus, Greece. PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID COVENTRY-ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF PIRAEUS Twilight bathes the ruins ...

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The charming village of Olympia in mainland Greece is the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games and is often overlooked by ...