The Antikythera mechanism has long been treated as a one-off marvel, a relic so far ahead of its time that some doubted ancient artisans could really have built it. Yet as new dives, new simulations, ...

The Greeks proposed the idea that humans are a form of artificial intelligence. Prometheus and Hephaestus use technology to manufacture men and women. As historian Adrienne Mayor reveals in her book ...

Who needs Archimedes? Early craftsmen succeeded without math, science. Oct. 17, 2007 — -- Mark Schiefsky has spent years studying ancient Greek manuscripts, trying to figure out how some of the ...

In the azure waters off the coast of Antikythera, Greece, a chance discovery in the early 20th century transformed our understanding of ancient technology. A sponge diver, exploring the remnants of a ...

One of the most amazing accomplishments of Byzantine monasteries was the miraculous preservation of ancient Greek treasures ...