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Images of plants painted on pottery made up to 8,000 years ago may be the earliest example of humans’ mathematical thought, a ...

Breard's interest in Chinese scientific history was ignited by Chinese Mathematics: A Concise History, a book that chronicles ...

At the intersection of mathematics and music, the Festum Pi festival brings together theorists and performers to explore one of humanity’s oldest intellectual duets. We spoke with participant ...

As custodians of ancient wisdom, Egyptian priests explored ritual, science, philosophy, metaphysics, and spirituality unlike ...

This lakeside village has been inhabited since prehistoric times due to nearby salt deposits. Hallstatt’s long history and ...

Plato’s Academy deserves its place in history — but not as the origin of the university. What Plato provided was the idea of ...

Greece's identity is inextricably linked to the sea, a relationship forged through thalassocracy and a modern global shipping ...

For decades, The Lord of the Rings sat on a strange pedestal in Hollywood. Revered, feared, and endlessly discussed, but ...

Free Photo Think back to ancient leaders who looked to the stars or the flight patterns of birds just to predict the future.

Great Pyramid construction workers may have used a hidden internal pulley system rather than external ramps to move the ...