The Antikythera computer captured the ancient Greek passion for mathematics, and especially geometry, and science.

THE name of Kiepert is in itself a sufficient guarantee of the thoroughness and accuracy of a book on geography. That writer, in his “Lehrbuch der Alten Geographie”—from which the present work is ...

The remains of a huge building from ancient Greece has been discovered by underwater archaeologists working at a site of an epic battle that took place 2,500 years ago. The monumental structure was ...

The transition from mythology to rational, scientific thought in Ancient Greece set the foundation for Western civilization.

Where did the name “Atlantic Ocean” actually come from? The answer leads back to ancient Greek mythology, early maps, and centuries of exploration. Long before modern geography, this ocean was ...

Researchers have uncovered the fossils of numerous extinct sea creatures that lived hundreds of millions of years ago—and they could help solve an ancient geographical puzzle, according to a recently ...