One of the most amazing accomplishments of Byzantine monasteries was the miraculous preservation of ancient Greek treasures ...

c. A.D. 1200 A monk reuses Archimedes' manuscript for a prayer book, creating the Palimpsest. This becomes the only copy of Archimedes' manuscript to survive to the present day. The Archimedes ...

The world’s first colossal ship, not unlike a modern cruise liner in form and function, was designed and built by the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes. The massive sea vessel was constructed in ...