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Researchers have created a computational model of the Antikythera mechanism to test how it worked. It was prone to jamming ...
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The 2000-year-old Antikythera mechanism may have been a kind of astronomical calculator, but researchers are unsure whether it would have worked without jamming ...
They were founded before 1900, endured two World Wars, two bankruptcies, the bailout-era crisis, and remained standing. Among ...
Researchers simulated the device's ancient gear system to find out whether the contraption actually worked. Apparently, it did not.
Aiolou Street in Athens is arguably the navel of modern Greece. A street around which the city and an entire nation began to ...
Long before paper napkins or linen serviettes became dining staples, the ancient Greeks had a more flavorful solution: bread. In a time when ...
The heroic days of deciphering hieroglyphics and cuneiform make for great stories, but will we ever see that happen again?
Climbing the Acropolis, communing with the druids at Stonehenge, or marveling at the sprawling remains of Pompeii — exploring ...
The latest exhibition of the Unseen Museum initiative unveils a little-known technique of Mycenaean craftsmen, dubbed ...
The Greek island was shaken by thousands of mostly smaller-scale temblors. Now, residents have returned, and they hope ...
At the outset of his studies, he knew little about contemporary Greece; his first letter to the Greek Orthodox patriarch, Jeremias II, asked whether modern Greeks possessed ‘any culture’ at all. In ...