The pioneering work of seven Greek scientists reshaped the fields of science and technology and left a lasting mark on the ...

He set out to modify the method and created the hydraulic telegraph, as detailed by the second-century B.C.E. Greek historian Polybius. Tacitus devised an alternate method for the use of fire, which ...

PREVEZA, Greece -- A Greek inventor believes he's come up with the ultimate home accessory for places under the constant threat of earthquakes: a bed built to withstand them. Architect Giorgos ...

The Greek inventor Archimedes supposedly used mirrors to set fire to invading ships. To test the possibility, a middle-school student designed an experiment for his science fair. Using light bulbs and ...

Designed by the Greek inventor Heron, this coin-operated holy water dispenser was used in Egyptian temples to dispense water for ritual washings. Worshippers would place a coin into the machine and ...

Since its discovery off the Greek island of Antikythera in 2001, the Antikythera mechanism was long thought to be a celestial measuring device. It was sometimes called the oldest computer in the world ...