We can split atoms, map the human genome, and launch cars into space. Still, there are objects built hundreds or even ...

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 ...

Explore the ancient site of Abu Sir near Giza, Egypt, and uncover intriguing evidence found among its ruins. This video examines massive granite pillars transported from Aswan, unusual drill holes in ...

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 ...