The third-century Roman rhetorician Aelian depicts Anaximander as leader of the ... resulted in the drawing of an actual map of the world, showing all the regions that were known to the ancient Greeks ...
In this map of Ancient Greece, you can spot the various regions of the mainland, the islands in the Aegean and the Ionian Sea as well as the Greek colonies in Asia Minor, a region that was first ...
The Greek Orthodox St Catherine’s Monastery where Hipparchus’s map of the sky was discovered. Credit: Joonas Plaan, CC BY 2.0/Wikipedia A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer ...
Most people picture ancient statues as serene figures in smooth, white marble. But that colorless look is more accident than artistry. The Roman world was in living color, as were its busts and ...
In 2014, workers building the restaurant on the outskirts of Rome stumbled upon an ancient Roman road ... Today, the road is a UNESCO World Heritage site. In 2014, workers constructing a new ...