A long-overlooked Ancient Egyptian tool is now reshaping what archaeologists know about the origins of human engineering. A tiny copper-alloy tool discovered all the way back in the 1920s may prove to ...

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

Throughout history, numerous ancient technologies have left researchers and historians pondering the true capabilities of early civilizations. Were they more advanced than we give them credit for? By ...

As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and those roads stretched 50% longer than previously known, according to a new digital atlas published Thursday. The last major atlas of ancient Roman ...

TO KINETIC ENERGY IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. CATAPULTS ARE A BATTLE WEAPON DATING BACK TO MEDIEVAL TIMES, AND NOW THAT SAME CONCEPT SHAPES OUR DAY TO DAY LIVES. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST MARQUISE MEDA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient civilizations were dropping technological bombshells long before Silicon Valley existed. Just this year, archaeologists in ...

After more than 1,600 years underwater, massive stones from the legendary Lighthouse of Alexandria have been recovered. Using ...