Some of the world’s most enduring mysteries hail from the realm of ancient technology. From the towering pyramids of Egypt to ...

New research has recently shaken up the long-held ideas about how the ancient Egyptians built the Great Pyramids. While the traditional belief suggests the massive stone blocks were hauled up massive ...

A new study by the University of Science and Technology of China's (USTC) Archaeo-metallurgy Laboratory reveals a compelling ...

Some believe the "Babylon Battery" is an ancient device capable of generating electricity—centuries before modern batteries ...

Ancient Greeks not only created the foundations of modern civilization, but they also predicted robots and other modern ...

Several tombs of high-ranking Ancient Egyptian officials were recently uncovered by local archaeologists, shedding new light on a bygone civilization. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

It’s not every day that you get to see something no one in the world has seen before. But Ren Ng and four of his colleagues are lucky enough to have had that experience. A few months ago, Ng sat down ...

Rare rocks buried deep beneath central Australia have revealed the origins of one of the world’s most promising new deposits ...

This image provided by William Usaquen and Andrea Casas-Vargas shows the high plains in Bogota, Colombia where a new group of humans lived 6,000 years ago. (William Usaquen, Andrea Casas-Vargas via AP ...

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