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

More than 2,000 years ago, Greek artisans built a compact machine of interlocking gears that could track the heavens with a precision that still unsettles modern engineers. The corroded fragments of ...

There is something quietly humbling about standing before an ancient artifact and realizing, with all of our satellites, ...

Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West’s first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on water. Roman encyclopaedist ...

A new study shows how Hunayn ibn Ishaq, an eye physician, translated ancient Greek medicine into Arabic, reshaping medical ...

Ancient Greeks often inscribed messages on the objects they shot at their adversaries—in this case, doing so with a warning.