The era in which Strabo lived, the saddle between the first centuries bc and ad, was highly receptive to kolossourgiai. The ...

At a time when knowledge of the world was fragmented and based on travelers’ and merchants’ accounts, one man set out to ...

Local authorities have heightened their alert as moderate to heavy rains coupled with ash deposited along the slopes of the ...

The planet 51 Pegasi b is a long way from Prior Lake, 48 light years (several billion miles) to be exact. It orbits a fifth magnitude star, similar to our Sun, in the constellation Pegasus. It was ...

Explore the captivating journey of ancient Greek astronomy in which mythological tales and mathematical precision mix together.

Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

Its value as the key that unlocked the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphs is world-famous—but the turbulent history surrounding ...

Regardless of what killed Alexander, his body was mummified. Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general who was Alexander's close friend and bodyguard, was instrumental in moving the body. "His ...

Alexander the Great died at age 32, but his cause of death is unclear. What killed him has been a long-standing source of ...

Fitzroy Minerals Inc. is pleased to provide an update on its pending acquisition of Ptolemy Mining Limited pursuant to a share exchange agreement entered into by the Company, Ptolemy, and Ptolemy's ...

With an all-star cast led by Sterling K. Brown, the eight-part series is set in an idyllic neighbourhood inhabited by some of ...

The Behaim Globe depicted a narrowed Atlantic Ocean, which, if crossed, would lead directly to Cipango (Japan) and Asia. In ...