The Accidental Discovery of Aristotle’s Paradigm-Shifting School

The Accidental Discovery of Aristotle’s Paradigm-Shifting School

As archaeologists dug at a spot in Athens, Greece slated for a new modern art museum in 1996, they looked for signs of ancient remnants to ensure any ruins wouldn’t be damaged by future construction. What they found at the site, which at the time included an unpaved parking lot, was quite intriguing: the traces of a large building that once spanned more than 30,000 square feet and had been significantly damaged by military installations between …