Some ancient Greek and Roman philosophers supported vegetarianism. Killing animals for pleasure causes people to develop the ...

Pythagoras, a renowned Ancient Greek thinker, revolutionized mathematics and possibly led a cult. Discover his hidden history and lasting impact.

Pythagoras is credited for creating the famous Pythagorean theorem, but ancient clay tablets suggest the math concept was formed more than 1,000 years before the ancient Greek's birth.

Pythagoras: Little is known of the ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician (Image: GETTY) The tablet, named Si.427, had been sitting in a museum in Istanbul for over a century.

In his work The Histories, ancient Greek historian Herodotus wrote that the Greeks borrowed much of their knowledge, ...

In the 6th century BCE, the Greek alphabet used 24 letters. To make numbers, the Greeks added three more symbols ( accounts differ as to whether these were resurrected older letters or newly designed ...

Poor old Pythagoras is slipping away from us. He was always a shadowy figure in Western thought -- his followers were secretive and he himself wrote nothing, as far as we know. Even in his own ...

According to ancient records, another early Greek medical school was set up in Cnidus in 700 BC. Alcmaen worked at this school, where the practice of observing patients began.

Pythagoras is generally regarded as the earliest proponent of a spherical Earth, ... The amazing device was discovered in an ancient shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera in 1900.