It wouldn’t be until the 17 th Century that automatic doors made a comeback, or perhaps it’s just that they experienced a ...

The most treasured of them all has become known as the Antikythera mechanism, the oldest-known mechanism to use gear and pulley materials. It's the only complex artifact of ancient Greek ...

Mathematician Dr. Steven Strogatz breaks down the history of the math concept and brings it full circle to recent science.

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 ...

Ancient Greeks spent much of their time playing board games practically on a daily basis. They were a beloved part of ancient Greek culture.

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, stolen nearly a century ago, has been returned to the Archaeological Museum of Olympia.

But, in reality, ancient Greeks and Romans embraced bold colors, which archaeologists call “polychromy.” Brightly hued paints ...

The handful animal ghosts in the ancient world are often depicted not as friendly visitors but as mere tools for humans – and ...