Aiolou Street in Athens is arguably the navel of modern Greece. A street around which the city and an entire nation began to ...

The Greek historian Herodotus (c ... Likely constructed in the first century BCE, the Tower of the Winds in Athens is sometimes described as the world’s first clock tower. It contained a water clock ...

For more than a millennium, Orthodox Christian monks have woken up in the predawn darkness to start their day with prayer at ...

The vibrant period of Ancient Greek civilization from 1200 BCE to 323 BCE gave us exceptional achievements that we continue to benefit from today. It was a long stretch of time that spanned from ...

Hours after a clock tower in Bihar drew controversy over claims that it stopped working shortly after being inaugurated, authorities clarified that the project is still under construction and ...

Before wristwatches and smartphones, time in Delhi moved to the rhythm of water clocks and the Sun. PREMIUM The clock tower ar Subji Mandi Ghanta Ghar, Roshanara road. (Arvind Yadav/HT PHOTO ...

Per Omnia, the building would have fit several hundred people. Many ancient Greek cities had a bouleuterion, which hosted civic ceremonies and sometimes cultural performances. Teos’ bouleuterion ...

“DNA extracted from two pastoralist women who were buried at the rock shelter around 7,000 years ago reveals that most of their ancestry can be traced to a previously unknown ancient North ...

Construction of a new water tower in Canal Fulton is complete, but officials are waiting to hear about $500,000 in federal funding. The $4.3 million project was funded through state grants and ...