Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher, developed atomic theory and taught that true happiness comes from wisdom, not wealth or ...

Anaxarchus, a Greek philosopher at Alexander the Great’s court, upheld wisdom and detachment, reflecting on the fleeting ...

Tonic water didn’t stay in the medicine box for long. The first commercial tonic water was produced and patented in 1858 by Erasmus Bond, the owner of Pitt & Co. By 1868, gin and tonic was regarded as ...

UChicago scholars argued that Western civilization began in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome—an idea that changed how we view civilization. Black holes At age 19, Subrahmanyan ...

His latest, starring Cillian Murphy as the titular “father of the atomic bomb” is a wartime ... one of the most famous pieces of ancient Greek literature attributed to Homer.

The ancient city of Teos sits on the western coast of Türkiye, directly across the Aegean Sea from Athens. Today, it is ...

The egg on the Oro Jackson in One Piece remains mysterious and may be linked to Elbaf's Ancient Mural. A theory suggests the egg contains a dragon from the Ancient Mural, raised by Scopper Gaban ...

Based on a myth first told in Greece over 2,500 years ago, Hadestown is a modern retelling of the story of lovers Orpheus and Eurydice. In ancient Greece, Orpheus was considered the greatest of ...

Jones taught himself Sanskrit to interpret local laws and suggested that the ancient Indian language had a common ancestor with Latin, Greek and Old Iranian. DNA evidence shows that the proto ...

This has a few gameplay implications, one of which are the Ancient Memories that can be found in Avowed. Not only do these provide some backstory for the world, but they also unlock powerful ...