Archytas of Tarentum, who was born around the year 435 BC in Taranto, Italy, was another in a long line of polymaths from Ancient Greece.

Experts told Live Science it was probably the proto-Sinaitic script, which was invented about 4,000 years ago by Canaanite ...

It’s hard to study the history of science without feeling a little big smug. Just look at the things our ancestors believed!

During the 15th and 16th centuries, a wave of Greek Byzantine scholars arrived in Italy where they contributed tremendously ...

For centuries, the glorious works of Herodotus, the ancient Greek historian often dubbed the 'Father of History,' have ...

A scientific study crowns "Sophia" as the world’s most beautiful name, praised for its melodic sound and deep meaning. Rooted ...

Elon Musk and Neuralink’s Shivon Zilis have welcomed their 14th child, Seldon Lycurgus, named after a sci-fi icon and Spartan ...

Greek divers found a shipwreck in 1900 with a 2,100-year-old ancient device so sophisticated that researchers have only recently solved its mysteries.

An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs ... Scientists named the new wasp Sirenobethylus charybdis, partly for ...

A major archaeological discovery in Greece reveals that an ancient tomb was transformed into a healing sanctuary. This site, located near Corinth, bears witness to different uses throughout the ages.

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago to a museum in southern Greece, the latest ...