Discovered in a Mediterranean shipwreck in 1901, the Antikythera Mechanism stunned historians with its intricate system of interlocking bronze gears dating back to around 100 BC. X-ray imaging later ...

Egyptian craftspeople mastered reliable rotary drilling more than two millennia before some of the best-preserved drill sets.” ...

Researchers have identified what may be the earliest known metal drill from ancient Egypt—and it was hidden in plain sight.

When you think of Ayurveda or Vedic wisdom, one pictures ancient texts, herbal powders, or quiet meditation retreats tucked away in the hills. But acc.

Egyptian craftspeople were ‘ahead of their time,’ study says.

Researchers in Europe have discovered what seems to be an ancient Roman board game stone which dates back 2,000 years after they used artificial intelligence and 3D scanning technology to study ...

Researchers first used 3D scans to analyze the stone, finding that some lines were deeper than others and “that the stone’s ...

Secrets of the First Emperor’s Mausoleum” brings one of the world’s most famous heritage sites to life through groundbreaking ...

When authorities recently seized an ancient Bible at a checkpoint and handed it over to the Department of Antiquities, the ...

Researchers at the University of Huddersfield have used ancient DNA to reveal that hunter-gatherers in one part of Europe survived for thousands of years longer than anywhere else on the continent—and ...

Advanced imaging technology has revealed 79 new pieces of graffiti on a wall in the city's theater district. Until now, these inscriptions had been too faint for the human eye to see ...

Archeologists have found the remains of a cluster of tents with hearths on a remote High Arctic island that date back more ...