An M with a small letter or set of letters above it stood for tens of thousands and higher. (Confusingly, in this instance the M represented the Greek ancestor of “myriad,” not the number 40.) ...

Theano of Crotone, an ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician in her own right, is often referred to as the wife of ...

Instead, this letter has its origin in an ancient Greek symbol called a 'Christogram'. According to the expert, the nickname ...

The ancient Greek city of Antioch in Syria, ... Surviving letters sent home to Becky follow him through the war, from training near Tangipahoa in 1861 to the Battle of Atlanta in 1864.

Investigations primarily focused on a building referred to by the Greek letter gamma ("Γ") that appears to date to before 300 B.C. Archaeologists managed to uncover various stone blocks and ...

Like Roman numerals, their system borrowed letters; like the Arabic numerals we still use, it only needed one symbol for each decimal place. In the 6th century BCE, the Greek alphabet used 24 letters.

Instead, this letter has its origin in an ancient Greek symbol called a 'Christogram'. According to the expert, the nickname emerged from a long-forgotten joke about Jesus' initials.