Although the Greeks and Romans linked environmental harm with climate change to a more limited extent than we do today, they ...
From the first whispers of Greek mythology to the philosophical writings that shaped the Western mind, one belief remained ...
Archaeologists have made a number of historic discoveries while excavating the ancient Greek City of Laodicea, which housed a church mentioned in the Bible. Among the most notable discoveries was a 2, ...
Hygieia was a prominent figure in both ancient Greek and Roman mythology—she was the daughter of Asclepius, the god of medicine. Hygieia (from whose name we get the word ‘hygiene’) was known as the ...
Ancient Greek kings used war elephants from Alexander to the Seleucids, shaping battles and empire-building across the ...
Ancient Greek thinkers, from Hesiod to Plato, and later Rousseau saw in the noble savage a vision of lost divine harmony and ...
On May 24, 1844, Samuel Morse sent the world’s first telegraph message, tapping out the biblical phrase “What hath God ...
The first hydraulic telegraph was invented in the fourth century B.C.E. by a Hellenistic writer on the art of war, named ...
After the latest dig season, archaeologists announced a wealth of treasure surfaced from the popular tourist destination, ...
Whether laced with viper venom, poison gas, or deadly pathogens—these weapons of war relied on nature's armory to slay the enemy. Poison in the woundThe Greek warrior Achilles treats Telephus’s ...