Ancient Greek inventions included remarkable automata and the Antikythera Mechanism, but many of their engineers' innovations ...

India s contributions to science, mathematics, medicine, and philosophy date back thousands of years. Long before the rise of modern technologies, ancient Indian thinkers, scientists, and scholars had ...

From ancient stone tools to early life-changing, read about the innovations that shaped human history and progress.

China has a long and storied history of innovation, with numerous groundbreaking inventions that have shaped the world. From ...

The Virtual Museum of Ancient Inventions is a project begun by the students in the course Ancient Inventions, which was offered for the first time in the spring semester of 1997. More inventions will ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments that point to its significance as an important ceremonial site, the ...

Archaeologists in Alexandria, Egypt, recently recovered the ruins and relics of a 2,000-year-old city. Divers plunged into the waters off the Abu Qir Bay, pulling out various artifacts and revealing ...

A rare bite into the past. The fossilized tooth of a newly discovered ancient shark species – dating back about 340 million years – has been unearthed in the world’s largest cave system, officials ...