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

Pythagoras, the famous Greek scientist, had a fascinating but largely unknown ancestry which connects him to Greek mythology.

There are more than 50 theories for the function of this 12-sided, pentagonal-faced bronze object — but archaeologists have ...

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.

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 ...

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

Divers have spent decades exploring Greece's ancient Antikythera wreck. The latest expedition found relics and retrieved ...

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

The Pythagorean theorem, a cornerstone of mathematics for millennia, provides a method for determining unknown sides in right ...

Writing in a letter to his friend Lucilius around AD62, the Roman philosopher Seneca outlined two arguments for vegetarianism. The first argument came from a Roman philosopher called Sextius whom ...