Some experts believe that this is the tomb of Archimedes, while others are inclined to assign it to Agathocles, tyrant of Syracuse between 317 and 289 BC. There is no trace of the column, the sphere ...

Archimedes didn’t really ... Roman ships attacking his home of Syracuse, the ancient city-state in southeast Sicily. It has been debunked no fewer than three times on the TV show “Mythbusters ...

Archimedes of Syracuse was one of the greatest mathematicians in history. He was also a great inventor and scientist. Most of what we know about Archimedes today comes from his writings and those ...

Thus began a search for buried treasure — in this case, the lost writings of Archimedes of Syracuse ... there would be mistakes. No one could afford that.” The more Quandt and Noel delved ...

Greek inventor Archimedes is said to ... defensive weapon during the siege of Syracuse, then a Greek colony on the island of Sicily, from 214 to 212 B.C. No contemporary Roman or Greek accounts ...

Archimedes of Syracuse (287-212 BCE) is known for his discoveries and inventions in geometry, mechanics and hydrostatics. He is arguably most famous for the legend that he exclaimed “Eureka!” ...