The Antikythera Mechanism is an intricate bronze construction discovered damaged and fragmented in the wreck of a cargo ship off the Greek island of Antikythera in 1900. Made towards the end of ...

The Palimpsest, a writing of Archimedes once thought lost to history, has been revealed through the advanced use of a ...

An Ancient Greek Astronomical Calculation Machine Reveals New Secrets. ... When I first saw Wright's model, I was shocked by its mechanical complexity.

Using an ancient Greek mathematical method described by the philosopher Parmenides, the UCL team not only explained how the cycles for Venus and Saturn were derived but also managed to recover the ...

The Antikythera Mechanism, salvaged 100 years ago from an ancient shipwreck, was long known to be some sort of mechanical calendar. But modern analysis is only now revealing just how sophisticated ...

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Legend has it that ancient Greek courier Pheidippides arrived in Athens in 490 B.C. bringing news of an incredible victory over the Persians—and inspiring the modern marathon.

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the same, either.