Many "modern" inventions actually have precedents dating back more than 1000 years, to ancient Greek and Roman times.

The number of international patent applications (PCT and European applications) filed before the Greek patent office as receiving office has been steadily rising over the last few years. However this ...

Aristotle, Plato, Socrates... Ancient Greece's charismatic philosophers define the civilization's legacy in popular memory. Often forgotten are the technological inventions that set Greece apart from ...

Think ancient civilizations were primitive? The evidence suggests otherwise. From computers that tracked celestial events to concrete that grows stronger with age, our ancestors created technologies ...

We tend to dismiss the ancient world way too quickly. History gets compressed and when we look back, we often see a blur of stone tools, togas, sandals, and people squinting at the stars. But an ...

Greek fire was a mysterious weapon that helped the mighty Byzantine Empire survive and ensure its vast sovereignty for centuries.

Aristotle, Plato, Socrates... Ancient Greece's charismatic philosophers define the civilization's legacy in popular memory. Often forgotten are the technological inventions that set Greece apart from ...