As the Egyptian civilization faded, the Greek one emerged around 700 BC. The Greek civilization prevailed until "the end of antiquity" around 600 AD. The Greeks were great philosophers and their ...

The ancient Greeks are widely seen as having been the founders of Western medicine more than 2,000 years ago. Although we now have a far more detailed and accurate picture of medicine, the ancient ...

For thousands of years, the pomegranate has been an important food and medicine not only in Greece, but also in many other ...

In her research, “Fruit for the God(-desses): Re-evaluating Vegetal Representations in Sacrifice and Offerings in Greek Sanctuaries (8th-1st Centuries BCE),” Andrea Samz-Pustol examines the role ...

CHIOS, Greece — Over my 54 years, I’ve pinned my hopes on my parents, my teachers, my romantic partners, God. It’s called mastic, it grows in particular abundance on the Greek island of Chios and its ...

When illness or injury inflicted people in the ancient world, they often turned to a trustworthy physician who also was familiar with the practice of magic. That connection between the world of the ...

Scientists examining documents dating back 3,500 years say they have found proof that the origins of modern medicine lie in ancient Egypt and not with Hippocrates and the Greeks. Scientists examining ...

While using ancient Greek medicine as a source of remedies is problematic, drawing on it to understand the doctor/patient relationship is more straightforward. We still say, “Trust me, I’m a doctor”.