Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution.

Ancient lead pollution in the Aegean Sea may have started 5,200 years ago — 1,200 years earlier than previously thought. Researchers analyzed sediment cores from land and sea, linking lead levels to ...

The role of good Greek tyrants and aesimnetai in ancient Greece, highlighting leaders like Peisistratus, Polycrates, and Solon.

Egypt holds the distinction of being one of the cradles of the water clock, with some of the earliest examples originating ...