Second, modern Greece must become Hellas, that is to say, return to its ancient virtues of polytheism, democracy, science, naked Olympics, and political independence guaranteed by the world’s ...

Off the coast of a Greek island sits the Antikythera shipwreck, a 2,000-year-old wreck with a story that inspired an Indiana ...

In ancient Greek mythology, Gaia personifies Mother Earth. “Gaia Awakens” is the title of Michael Gray’s new novel, which ...

Thanks to high-tech scanning, 2,000-year-old inscriptions on the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek "computer," can be read more clearly than ever before, revealing more information about the ...

In 1901, sponge divers off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera stumbled upon an ancient shipwreck that would soon yield one of the most extraordinary artifacts of the ancient world. Amid the ...

Gold doubloons were not the treasure that archeologists found while studying a famed Greek shipwreck.Instead, some really old almonds were the scientific bounty. Hundreds of ceramic jars of these ...

The star catalog was made by ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus around 162 and 127 BCE, 1,400 years before the telescope. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Email address Sign up Thank you!

Ancient Greek astronomers were the first to gather knowledge about space exploration. Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos could ...

Thales, a Greek philosopher 2,600 years ago, is celebrated for predicting a famous solar eclipse and founding what came to be known as science. Credit...John P. Dessereau Supported by By William J ...

You can see images of the ancient Greek shipwreck, and the treasures the divers unearthed in the tweet above. The researchers were able to determine when the builders constructed the ship, too.

The Journal of Dermatology & Cosmetology paper also describes how ancient Romans and Greeks used antimony as eyeshadow. Stone scene depicts a wealthy lady seated in a round-backed wicker chair ...