Buried deep within a limestone cave in northern Greece, the Petralona skull has stumped scientists for decades. Found ...

The researchers found that many locals have strong genetic ties to Bronze Age and Classical-era Greeks. While most of southeastern Europe saw major population changes in the Medieval period, the ...

Since the 1990s, astronomers have found a handful of other dwarf planets in the belt, such as Eris and Sedna, along with ...

At SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, scientists from across the globe are using advanced X-rays to find a long-lost map of the galaxy by ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus.

Discovered in a Mediterranean shipwreck in 1901, the Antikythera Mechanism stunned historians with its intricate system of interlocking bronze gears dating back to around 100 BC. X-ray imaging later ...

Greek philosopher Epicurus is famous for teaching: "Pleasure is the principle and end to a happy life" and for his Epicurean school in Athens ...

A stunning rediscovery of the Lighthouse of Alexandria’s remains after 1,600 years underwater is now providing invaluable ...

To find remnants of human poop in an ancient Roman vessel, dated to the 2nd century CE, is telling. It suggests that human ...

Asclepiades of Bithynia, influenced by Epicurean philosophy, pioneered medical innovations and foreshadowed the principles of germ theory.

Prior to computer technology, how did astronomers so precisely predict solar eclipses? Kurt PetersenSheboygan Falls, WI What ...

People complain aboutconstruction delays, but even the most sluggish modern transit project has nothing on Greece’s Corinth Canal, which didn’t open until 2,500 years after it ...