Greek Reporter

Fascinating Ancient Mechanisms Ahead of Their Time

Across history, ancient civilizations crafted prototypes for many of the modern mechanisms that have become integral to ...
Greek Reporter

Ancient Greek Scientist Erasistratus Was the King’s Lie Detector

Ancient Greek scientist Erasistratus (300-250 B.C.) is credited with being among the first human lie detectors.

Scientists say ancient Greece was not the plain white world we imagine, and the Parthenon holds the clues

Ancient Greece, long envisioned as a realm of pure white marble, is now revealed to have been vibrantly colorful. Scientific analysis of the Parthenon sculptures has uncovered evidence of rich ...
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Ancient Greeks built a 'first computer' that still stumps us

More than 2,000 years ago, Greek artisans built a compact machine of interlocking gears that could track the heavens with a precision that still unsettles modern engineers. The corroded fragments of ...

In 1972, a diver off Italy noticed a human arm rising from the sand, which uncovered ancient Greek warriors lost beneath the sea for centuries

In an underwater adventure in 1972, a diver stumbled upon the exquisite Riace Bronzes off the coast of Riace Marina. These ...

Collection of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman-era artifacts discovered at Egypt’s Heracleopolis

The finds include the ruins of a Roman basilica and Doric temple, the head of a marble statue of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, ...