Shreveport Times on MSN12h
Doors that open for you have their own day
It wouldn’t be until the 17 th Century that automatic doors made a comeback, or perhaps it’s just that they experienced a ...
Sciencing on MSN2d
Discoveries That Baffled Archeologists
From mysterious artifacts to giant megaliths, discoveries that promise to reveal our past have completely baffled the ...
Interesting Engineering4d
Nature, the master engineer: Mechanical devices nature ‘invented’ first
From very basic beginnings, our species has developed some incredible engineering in our time. But, as it turns out, engineering might be in our DNA. Nature, it seems, is just as good at ...
Greek Reporter1d
Gaming in Ancient Greece: The Most Popular Board Games of Antiquity
Ancient Greeks spent much of their time playing board games practically on a daily basis. They were a beloved part of ancient Greek culture.
Greek Reporter2d
Greece’s Ancient Oeniadae: Home to One of the World’s Oldest Shipyards
On the west bank of the Achelous are the remains of one of the oldest shipyards in antiquity, that of the ancient Greek city ...
An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move
An ancient bronze griffin head, stolen nearly a century ago, has been returned to the Archaeological Museum of Olympia.
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN2d
Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too
But, in reality, ancient Greeks and Romans embraced bold colors, which archaeologists call “polychromy.” Brightly hued paints ...
Vengeful ghost cat, divorce lizard, phantom horse: the animals that haunted Ancient Rome and Greece
The handful animal ghosts in the ancient world are often depicted not as friendly visitors but as mere tools for humans – and ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN3d
Archaeologists Discover Mosaics of Two Fighting Cupids and a Mysterious Inscription at an Ancient Greek City Hall
New research is shedding light on the bouleuterion building that once stood in the ancient city of Teos, located in ...
Archaeology5d
Ancient Greek Statues Smelled of Perfume
Many museums around the world are filled with marble statues from ancient Greece and Rome. Some viewers recognize that these works of art were not originally displayed in their glistening white form, ...