The Antikythera computer captured the ancient Greek passion for mathematics, and especially geometry, and science.

Halaku, in pursuit of better political fortunes, saw fit to fund an establishment that could meticulously keep track of the ...

The second-largest city in the Roman Empire is now the second largest in Egypt. Here's what to know if you go.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows may be the latest game in the long-running series, but its feudal Japan setting places it at the ...

Wake up your senses from winter’s hibernation. Defy the onset of sadness and depression. “Get thee to a” library. Don’t wait for the flowers to bloom. The trees will be green again. The birds will ...

According to a legend, Ptolemy II (284-247 B.C.) wished to have a copy of the Law of Moses in his famous library in Alexandria. At his request the high priest sent seventy two scholars (six from ...

FORT MYERS, FL / ACCESS Newswire / March 13, 2025 / Ptolemy, a Florida-based palm and ... Through special library ... Week-long event series gives nature-lovers the opportunity to "get outside ...

The Geographica was an important reference work for Byzantine scholars and scientists, complementing the more authoritative but less entertaining works of Ptolemy. The Greek humanist ... Jones in the ...

Demetrius of Phalerum, the chief librarian of the library of Alexandria, urged Egypt’s Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus to translate the Hebrew law into Greek to increase the library’s collection of ...