Using the Helios-1 quantum computer, researchers have used a record-breaking number of error-proof qubits to run the first ...

The engraved marble fragment likely came from an archaic temple called the Hekatompedon, making it around 2,600 years old ...

Astronomers may have found the universe’s first stars formed after the Big Bang, using JWST data and gravitational lensing.

Although the Greeks and Romans linked environmental harm with climate change to a more limited extent than we do today, they ...

A remarkable discovery in Crete has reinvigorated debate over the origins behind the ancient Greek myth of the labyrinth.

Thousands of years ago, people built things so advanced that even today’s experts can’t explain how. These ancient creations ...

Chinese magic mirrors are these mind-boggling artifacts that have been around for centuries. Basically, they're made of ...

Imagine stumbling upon a piece of genuine history while doing something totally mundane, like cleaning out your garage or ...

Prologue The Roosevelt poster on freedom is timeless. I thought about its message while on the Parthenon. In early October ...

Where would you find the most authentic Chicken Kiev? Probably Ukraine. The definitive Peking Duck? Certainly Beijing. The perfect Swedish Meatballs? Obviously Sweden. Or maybe Ikea. And where would ...

The city of theater was Athens. Athens birthed drama, bred drama, and ultimately was responsible for cultivating it into the premiere art of the Classical world—at least according to Greek philosopher ...