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The Ancient Greek Scholar Who Shaped the Way We Organize Knowledge
Callimachus, the Ancient Greek genius, influenced library organization and the poetic preference for shorter verses over long ...
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2,000 Years Before Modern Technology, the Greeks Had Built the World’s First Computer (So Advanced That It Still Baffles Scientists)
Over 120 years ago, sponge divers off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera unearthed one of the most enigmatic technological artifacts in human history. Hidden among statues, coins, glassware, ...
Archaeologists Dug Under an Ancient Greek City—and Found a 3,500-Year-Old Egyptian Settlement
On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...
How to Evade Taxes in Ancient Rome? A 1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Offers a Guide.
A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, ...
Major ancient Egyptian town is discovered after 3,400 years: Settlement may have been built by Tutankhamun's FATHER, archaeologists say
The new settlement has been found at Kom el-Nugus in northern Egypt, about 27 miles (43 km) west of Alexandria.
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Thucydides: The Ancient Greek Father of Scientific History
No other ancient historian has written a book so insightful on the mechanisms of war as Thucydides' History of the ...
The Famous Antikythera Mechanism Was a Mechanical Disaster, New Research Suggests
Researchers simulated the device's ancient gear system to find out whether the contraption actually worked. Apparently, it did not.
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Mysterious Antikythera Mechanism may have jammed constantly, like a modern printer. Was it just a janky toy?
The mysterious Antikythera Mechanism is 2,000 years old and has long puzzled scientists. New research into its ...
Changing the Eurocentric narrative about the history of science – why multiculturalism matters
The West’s Eurocentric version of scientific history omits some of the most important events that shaped modern thinking.
Garden of Eden 'FOUND' as scientist claims Biblical paradise is linked to the Pyramids of Giza
A scientist has made a bold claim about the location of the Garden of Eden. He used Medieval world maps to find the Biblical ...
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Eratosthenes, the Ancient Greek mathematician who calculated the Earth’s circumference
Eratosthenes became the first person to calculate the Earth's circumference with remarkable accuracy, a feat that stands as a ...
What was the first alphabet in the world?
Experts told Live Science it was probably the proto-Sinaitic script, which was invented about 4,000 years ago by Canaanite ...