Across history, ancient civilizations crafted prototypes for many of the modern mechanisms that have become integral to ...

Mathematicians just found a way to simplify one of the three classical problems in Greek mathematics, dating back thousands of years: “squaring the circle,” or constructing a square with the ...

The ancient Greeks did not know about elliptical orbits, but they explained the moon's subtle motion by combining two circular motions in what is called an epicyclic theory.

Fifteen ancient Greek artifacts from the private Cycladic art collection of a U.S. billionaire went on display for the first time on Wednesday in Athens, under an agreement which has stirred ...

In the spring of 1900, a group of Greek sponge divers, blown off course by a storm in the Aegean, stumbled upon the wreck of an ancient Roman ship loaded with treasure that had sunk more than ...