Researchers speculate the ancient Greek Dragon Houses may have been used as temples, astronomical observatories, or storage ...

The talent was one of several ancient units of mass. It was known to Homer, who described how Achilles gave a half-talent of gold to Antilochus as a prize. The Greek used the ratio of 60 mina to ...

Ancient Greek ceramic kilns were partially subterranean with two compartments ... helped stabilize and separate vessels during firing. The roof of the ceramic kiln was a temporary construction of ...

(The ruins of another ancient ... The term in Greek architecture refers to a freestanding covered walkway, which was built in an elongated shape and largely open, with the roof supported by ...

There are several kinds of roots in ancient Chinese architectural styles. Briefly, these include, the ‘Wudian Roof’, the ‘Xieshan Roof’, the ‘Cuanjian Roof’, the ‘Yingshan Roof ...

Contrary to Enlightenment-era belief, ancient Greece’s Parthenon was actually “dark and dim” on the inside. A new study ...

Greek archaeologists recently uncovered a trove of ancient artifacts while exploring ... Built from mortar and stone and encapsulated by a rounded roof, the aqueduct was situated along a river ...