The Seven Wonders of the World are often seen as the pinnacle of human architecture and the perfect form of engineering, that ...
The recent IMSA racing debut of the Aston Martin Valkyrie was a reminder of the enduring appeal to vehicle makers of model names taken from ancient mythologies and religions. We’re not sure that it’s ...
When Julius Caesar wrote a series of histories about the Gallic Wars around 53 B.C.E., he mentioned a fascinating group of ...
The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's ...
Several ancient Roman emperors loved Greece. As the Roman Empire consolidated, Greek culture, literature, politics, and art ...
However, it was the Romans who fully embraced and refined the arch, turning it into a fundamental element of their engineering: by improving materials — especially through the development of concrete ...
In the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, the harpies were a group of animal-human hybrid monsters like the sirens and the ...
Until now, archaeologists believed the helmet made its way to Britain from Sweden. But a new discovery casts doubt on the ...
Of all the mythical beasts conjured up by the creative minds of history, few are as well known as the unicorn. With the body ...
Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues ... to objects that are ...