The Archimedean screw
While in Egypt, Archimedes invented the device that is mostly closely associated with him by
name, the Archimedean screw. This is a helix...
The first quantity that people could measure
The first quantity that people could measure with any degree of accuracy, and on which all people could...
Mathematical knowledge of the ancient world
Because baked clay tablets with cuneiform symbols impressed are easily preserved, especially in a dry climate, much is known...
Looking back into history, in the period where Hun's were dominating across Eastern Europe. There was a lot of terror caused, the raiding, pillaging...
What is considered beautiful? Throughout the world and each time period offers different standards of beauty, each culture has it's own image of beauty...
Syphilis is a very serious disease. The origins of this disease it’s still unknown, but currently there are two theories, which can potentially tell...