Heron of Alexandria was an important ancient Greek inventor of mechanical devices whose inventions included the first steam ...

The Temple of Bastet reveals the precision and ingenuity of ancient Egyptian engineers, from its structural design to its ...

On Native American Heritage Day, we examine a long-overlooked marvel of ancient engineering that had been tucked away beneath a golf course in Ohio. It is a place some archaeologists say is on par ...

Learn which engineering branch is known as the oldest engineering discipline. Learn about its history, its significance, the ...

Frank Herbert’s Dune popularized windtraps as devices that harvest moisture from desert air, but real ancient Iran developed ...

The phenomenon quickly went viral, though some social media users questioned the timing. It remains unconfirmed if the ...

Olive oil is the Swiss army knife of foodstuffs. It can dress salads, sauté vegetables, even grease squeaky hinges. And for archaeologists, its ubiquitous presence in excavated pottery offers a window ...

Peru is often defined by the mystical ruins of Machu Picchu, but the country holds far more archaeological treasures than ...

Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen in time by the eruption of Italy's ...

French marine archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery off the coast of Brittany - a massive underwater wall dating to approximately 5000 BC that predates the famous megalithic monuments of ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.