Discover 25 times ancient engineering blew our minds! Explore incredible feats from pyramids to stepwells, showcasing ingenuity that defies explanation. Pr ...

A 2,200‑year‑old Roman shipwreck reveals rare waterproofing materials and a detailed repair history, offering new insight ...

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 ...

Archaeologists working at an excavation site in Pompeii have uncovered new evidence that helps explain why ancient Roman buildings have lasted for thousands of years. The discovery points to a special ...

Opening paragraphs -- Wheelwrights (lunren) -- Chariot-basket makers (yuren) -- Pole makers (zhouren) -- Metal workers (gong jin zhi gong) -- Forging founders (zhushi ...

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 ...

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, providing the clearest evidence to date of broad opium use in ancient ...

ROME (AP) — One of the best-preserved ancient Roman homes on the Palatine Hill is opening to the public for the first time, albeit via a livestreamed tour of its hard-to-reach underground frescoes and ...

The Macomb County Public Works Department will continue to use 2,500-year-old technology to ensure residents in the St. Clair Shores area can continue to flush freely and avoid basement flooding and ...

Macomb County Public Works will continue to use 2,500-year-old technology to ensure residents in the St. Clair Shores area can continue to flush freely and avoid basement flooding and occasional nasty ...