625-690 Greek Physician and Surgeon Paul of Aegina was a Greek physician and surgeon whose writing contained almost everything that was known about Western medicine in his time. Because his work had such an influence on Arab medical practice, and Arab...

Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (Aegina, 625?–690?) was a 7th-century Byzantine Greek physician best known for writing the medical encyclopedia Medical Compendium in Seven Books. For many years in the Byzantine Empire, this work contained the sum of...

This double house draws its nature from the rock of the island it is built on, and from the site's marvellous views. The island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf is south of Athens and a short ferry ride from the Port...

Classical sculptures from a Greek temple were subjected to restorative work by Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen. They had been in the possession of the Glyptothek museum in Munich, Germany since 1811, and Thorvaldsen's restorations attempted to complete figures that had been found incomplete. However,...