An international research team has published a new study on one of the oldest known sites for the processing of animal meat ...

A rare "Corinthian" helmet from ancient Greece will go up for auction in London later this month. Such helmets were iconic of the ancient Greek style of infantry fighting and have become emblems ...

Thales of Miletus, pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and mathematician. Credit: Wilhelm Meyer, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain Bias of Priene, another of ancient Greece’s Seven Sages Bias of Priene, one ...

Top 10 ancient Greek philosophers Philosophers were members of ancient societies who sought wisdom by questioning and examining the existing way of life. Simply put, these individuals sought to ...

On a sunny, early spring day, it can be hard to imagine the dangers of sailing the Black Sea. But for both ancient and modern seafarers, this area can be treacherous, says Nayden Prahov, director ...

The three paradoxes that follow are some of the best-known examples from Ancient Greece. 1. The liar paradox “This sentence is false.” Philosophers call that the “liar sentence”. Is it true?

Aristotle (384-322 BC) was the first to call Miletus the “First Philosopher” for his systematic method, accurate pronouncements, and, quite importantly, for introducing deductive reasoning. Thales was ...

The city’s fleets established wide trade routes and a large number of colonies that paid tribute, making Miletus wealthy and a star of early Greek civilization before Athens rose to prominence.

April 16, 1178 B.C. – This is possibly the eclipse mentioned in Homer’s Odyssey. In parts of Ancient Greece, totality would have lasted some 4½ minutes. Feb. 22, 720 B.C.

A Greek astronomer known as Thales of Miletus is said to have predicted the solar eclipse of 585 B.C.E. That eclipse came as two warring factions, the Lydians and the Medes, were engaged in a ...