Prologue For about a millennium the Mongol Turks have been targeting the Greeks. The Mongol Turks first appeared in the neighborhood of the Greek medieval ...

Archimedes of Syracuse was born in Sicily ... Of the moment he saw the text light up, he told NPR: “I wished I could read ancient Greek. Very beautiful looking characters all over the place.” ...

Italy has no shortage of beautiful coastal towns and breathtaking beaches, but this one spot in Sicily is truly remarkable.

The world capital of sherry and flamenco is also a tranquil alternative to Seville, just over an hour’s drive north. The city ...

They include Hydro Ness, which generates electricity from the River Ness at Inverness using an Archimedes screw ... attributed by some experts to the ancient Greek scientist Archimedes.

In Persia, engineers constructed pontoon bridges in 480 BCE across the Hellespont to facilitate Xerxes I’s military campaign into Greece ... a blend of ancient innovation and modern practicality ...

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Despite being dead for more than 2000 years, there are a few of Archimedes' inventions ... the one created by the Greek mathematician. Water from the River Thames turns the screws to generate ...

The design of the wheel is based on ideas from the Ancient Greek engineer Archimedes. The wheel was built in England and moved to Falkirk. It was opened in 2002 by Queen Elizabeth II and was ...

It is a necropolis with extensive tunnels and Greek, Roman, and Egyptian tombs ... library was built by Ptolemy II and was renowned in ancient times for its hundreds of thousands of papyrus scrolls.