Discovered in a Mediterranean shipwreck in 1901, the Antikythera Mechanism stunned historians with its intricate system of interlocking bronze gears dating back to around 100 BC. X-ray imaging later ...

An 8,000-year-old pottery vessel has revealed that Mesopotamians were using mathematics years before numbers and writing were invented, according to a recent study. Up until now, the first records of ...

Greek philosopher Epicurus is famous for teaching: "Pleasure is the principle and end to a happy life" and for his Epicurean school in Athens ...

In ancient Greece, music education was as important as philosophy in cultivating young people's souls, perceiving both ...

Until now, it was believed that mathematical thinking only began once people gained the knowledge of numbers and writing. However, a new study reveals a potentially earlier origin of math hidden in ...

Urban legends about how much students and people hate math might be exaggerated. While we're in school, many of us consider the subject impenetrable. However, at least in England, mathematics has been ...

If you've used a vending machine lately, you've probably noticed that they're pretty high-tech now, but this invention was ...

History is often taught as if libraries, archives, and the preservation of knowledge followed a single European path—from ancient Greece and Rome to medieval monasteries to modern universities—while ...