More than 2,000 years ago, Greek artisans built a compact machine of interlocking gears that could track the heavens with a ...
WHEN a Greek sponge diver called Elias Stadiatos discovered the wreck of a cargo ship off the tiny island of Antikythera in 1900, it was the statues lying on the seabed that made the greatest ...
In the 120 years since its discovery, the Antikythera Mechanism has amazed and perplexed researchers and the general public. This ancient Greek hand-powered mechanical device is considered the world’s ...
LONDON (Reuters) - A mechanical brass calculator used by the ancient Greeks to predict solar and lunar eclipses was probably also used to set the dates for the first Olympic games, researchers said on ...
According to 20th-century Greek architect Constantinos Doxiadis, failing to revive the human element in architectural planning may bring about the end of civilization. Professor of the history and ...