The ancient Greek thinker Anaximander lent his prodigious talents to pre-Socratic Greek philosophy, geography, geometry, and cosmology.

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I am rather fond of my native land and her robust and quirky republican traditions, but Jesus did not preach democracy nor ...

In the winding, ivy-draped streets of Trastevere, Rome, Zazie Gnecchi Ruscone is hand-painting sharp geometric patterns on a ...

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In the heart of the ancient city of Akragas, today known as Agrigento, an extraordinary archaeological discovery has been ...

Some believe the basilica on Vatican Hill was built over the martyred bones of the apostle Peter—but is that true? After ...

A team of archaeologists led by Guillaume Charloux of France’s National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) has revealed ...

one of the most complete polychrome layouts in Egyptian architecture of Greco-Roman times in general... b) a great number of hitherto unknown inscriptions giving for the first time the ancient ...

ROME, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have uncovered a richly decorated but uncommonly small house with finely preserved frescoes of mythological scenes ...

Rome Cooney was a chaotic member of the Survivor 47 cast. Pic credit: Robert Voets/CBS Survivor 47 said goodbye to Rome Cooney during the latest episode. And that was after host Jeff Probst let ...

Disoveries of gate sanctuary from the Minoan period on Crete and a tomb dating from the time of Alexander the Great's father are seen as shedding important ... was a town in ancient Thessaly ...