5,000-year-old discovery rewrites history of ancient Egyptian technology ...

Researchers have identified the earliest known "mechanically sophisticated" drill found in association with ancient Egyptian ...

A long-overlooked Ancient Egyptian tool is now reshaping what archaeologists know about the origins of human engineering. A ...

Old beliefs about early human behavior in East Asia are being challenged by the discovery of a richly-layered archaeological site located in central China. The excavation project at Xigou, led by the ...

Sumerians used advanced ancient technology to engineer bitumen with fibers and minerals, revealing sophisticated material science.

A simple stick, shaped by ancient hands roughly 430,000 years ago, is rewriting what researchers thought they knew about early technology. Carved from wood and preserved in Greek sediments, it now ...

A 12,000-year-old discovery offers a rare look at the emergence of complex technologies employed by America’s early inhabitants.

On Wednesday, Nov. 5, University of Massachusetts classics lecturer Joseph Wilson took the students in his course, Technology in the Ancient World, to the glassblowing laboratory of Sally Prasch. The ...

Archaeologists working at an excavation site in Pompeii have uncovered new evidence that helps explain why ancient Roman buildings have lasted for thousands of years. The discovery points to a special ...

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An ancient Pompeii wall at a newly excavated site, where Associate Professor Admir Masic applied compositional analysis (overlayed to right) to understand how ancient Romans made concrete that has ...

A small metal object discovered more than a century ago is changing what scientists know about ancient Egyptian technology. Researchers from Newcastle University and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna ...