Roman “inventions” and technical advances were by and large practical and utilitarian in nature: at odds with Greek attitude which tended to denigrate menial/practical work. We therefore find significant innovations in engineering and materials technology like public buildings, roads, hydraulics, glass...
Ancient Greek Tech Sun, Jan 5, 202540 mins The ancient Greeks are credited in the western world for inventing philosophy, democracy, and...robotics? Pioneering technological inventors, the ancient Greeks created inventions that were seemingly impossible: an ancient death ray constructed by Archimedes,...
Most of us know him as the Father of Medicine, and his influence is felt... Read More Ancient Greek Inventions You Need to Know Most of us know how innovative the Ancient Greeks really were. They highly valued intellectual thought, particularly concerning the arts, theater, science, and ma...
Though being the famed inventors and introducers of many things, I would like to talk in detail about 10 Greek inventions that were not only way ahead of their time but without them modern life would be unimaginable. The awesomeness is too much and listless to be shrunk into a thread. So...
Harland, 'Mediterranean peoples: Pliny the Elder on inventors around the world (first century CE),' Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World, last modified April 18, 2024, https://philipharland.com/Blog/?p=13437. Ancient authors: Numerous Greek authors and a coup...
According to Aristotle (Greek philosopher 384-322 BC) through the People’s Assembly of Carthage, “the voice of the people was predominant in the deliberations” and “the people themselves solved problems”. Aristotle praised the political constitution of Carthage as one of the most advanced and...
The ancient Egyptians were the inventors of a system of writing. They wrote in both, hieratics (a kind of cursive writing system), and hieroglyphics (a pictorial/symbolic script). Different types of surfaces were used for writing such as stelae; walls of pyramids, tombs, etc; and of course...
The Lost City, Atlantis is a magnificent and ancient city lying beneath the waves of the sea. Does this sound like a fairy tale to you Many people have tried and failed to find it. Michael Hubner from Germany thought he had. Let us learn more about this fascinating city.The Greek philos...
the Greek deities who were associated with specific temples, the Egyptian pyramids were not. Numerous icons and symbols of the gods have been found within the chambers, but they are not clear what the purpose of these icons were. They are the subject of great debate and historical conversation...
“Ethnographic culture,” as we intend it, moves beyond the idea of “ethnography” (literally “representing peoples” or “writing about peoples”) as a Greek and Roman literary genre describing non-Greek and non-Roman peoples (“barbarians”). Instead, ethnographic culture refers to the ways...