As soon as you step onto the festival field, you immediately feel this amazing vibe created by beautifully decorated venues, ...

The words of my friend’s vision have come to an end but his voice echoes the conscience of countless Gazans who share this ...

The paradox behind recent conflicts is that the communities caught in the fray — Jews, Muslims and Christians — are ...

Regarding the questions posed at the beginning of the essay, the teachings and examples set by the Essene community had a ...

Jesus says, “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. When he comes, however, being the Spirit of truth he will guide you to all truth. He will ...

But a description of its mechanics is contained in the writings of Philo of Byzantium (Philo Mechanicus). This inventor lived in the Greek city of Alexandria, the location of history’s greatest ...

Coming from Byzantium, the Greek town destined to become the famous Constantinople, Philo eventually moved to Alexandria, that Hellenistic beacon of learning of the post- Alexander the Great Egypt.

Ctesibius (Greek Κτησίβιος) of Alexandria, Egypt, was a Greek inventor and mathematician, the first great figure of the ancient engineering tradition of Alexandria. He is credited with a number of ...

Philon of Byzantion Very little is known about the Greek scientist Philon (ca. 280–220 BC) (sometimes called Philo) of Byzantion (Greek: Φίλων ὁ Βυζάντιος). Byzantion is an ancient Greek city (founded ...

The Aeolipile is a radial steam jet reaction turbine, an invention attributed to Hero of Alexandria in the year 1 CE. This awesome toy model by Microcosm replicates its principles https://t.co ...

Its invention is attributed to Dionysius of Alexandria, a Greek engineer who worked in the arsenal of Rhodes in the 3rd century BCE. It wasn’t a crossbow in the traditional sense but used a torsion ...

Philo of Alexandria, a Jewish philosopher influenced by Greek philosophy, wrote that the universe was created in line with unchangeable laws of nature. He described a world shaped not by chance, but ...