An early mention of a prosthetic comes from Herodotus, who tells the story of Hegesistratus, an ancient Greek diviner who cut off his foot.

Before the invention of the microscope and the field of entomology emerged, Joris Hoefnagel devoted himself to the natural world.

Caligula, the notoriously erratic Roman emperor known for his bloodthirsty cruelty, probably also possessed a nerd's ...

Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery inside Egypt's Great Pyramid that they say rewrites longstanding beliefs ...

From picking up the packages to delivering them to the right addresses, postal workers travel miles a day to ensure that the ...

Some of the key historians who wrote about the lives of ancient Greek women were Plutarch, Thucydides and Herodotus. There were also many stories and plays that give us representations of women in ...

Who was Gordias, the legendary father of rich King Midas? Legend connects him to the Gordian knot, famously cut by Alexander ...

Plan differs from other Anatolian libraries and served as inspiration for a North African counterpart, says head of excavation team - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Herodotus and the Greek Imagination The primary literary source on the Scythians remains Herodotus, whose Histories (Book IV) offers a mixture of ethnography, hearsay, and mythology.

For much of human history, stories about the construction of Egypt’s Great Pyramids were rooted in rumor rather than research. The Greek historian and geographer Herodotus, who famously counted ...

Known as the grandfather of history, Herodotus was ancient Greek scholar wrote at length about the ancient world, including details of the Great Pyramid’s construction, however the accuracy or ...