See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An archaeological excavation in Greece has revealed the remains of an ...
Ancient Greeks used a primitive type of lifting machine to move heavy stones before they began using cranes 2,500 years ago.
The ingenuity of the construction techniques used by Greek builders 2,000 years ago continues to dazzle the world. What did these ancient engineers get right? And how does looking to the past help ...
With the famed ruins of Pompeii looming large in people’s imaginations, many of Italy’s smaller and lesser-known ancient sites often are overlooked. One such place is Paestum, a long-ago Greek colony ...
In the quiet landscape of Laconia in southern Greece lies a structure that is quietly stirring controversy among historians and archaeology enthusiasts alike — a mysterious pyramid in Vigklafia that ...
The Greek Ministry of Culture has announced that archaeologists have fully uncovered the ancient Greek theater of Lefkada, the first such monument ever discovered in Greece’s Ionian islands. The ...
The ancient Greeks defined several concepts in their ways and estates that remain relevant today. On a sunlit slope above the Aegean, the ruins of an old Greek estate whisper stories of power, legacy, ...
Work and wages varied immensely in ancient Greece. Agriculture was the backbone of the economy but work was available in ...
I continue my Great Structures Week with a focus on great structures from the earliest times, ancient Egypt and Greece. I am drawing these posts from The Teaching Company course, entitled ...
Graeme Nicholls Architects has revealed Ancient Greek-inspired designs for Scotland’s largest data centre to date ...
Paterson has held an interest in both ancient Greek narratives and NYC architecture since childhood. In her piece Atlas & Rivington (pictured above) the titan Atlas does not hold up the globe, but a ...