Classical Antiquity

(753 BCE - 500 CE)
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Hypatia, Ancient Alexandria’s Great Female Scholar

An avowed paganist in a time of religious strife, Hypatia was also one of the first women to study math, astronomy and philosophy
March 15, 2010 | By Sarah Zielinski

These 82 bronze fragments of the original mechanism were found in a Roman shipwreck by sponge divers in 1900.

Old World, High Tech

An ancient Greek calendar was ahead of its time
December 2006 | By Eric Jaffe


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