"Last year at this time, the Karez wells were inscribed in the World Heritage Irrigation Structures list," said Mulati Naijimuding, a cultural relics official in Turpan City, northwest China's ...

Some of the world’s most enduring mysteries hail from the realm of ancient technology. From the towering pyramids of Egypt to ...

A mystery of ancient engineering revealed - was this the answer to Judah’s worst drought? A study by the Israel Antiquities ...

How do you carve, transport, and erect a single block statue weighing over 1,000 tons—out of composite quartzite, flint, or ...

A new study led by Xavier Landreau from the CEA Paleotechnic Institute in France suggests that ancient Egyptians may have used an innovative hydraulic lift system.

A Princeton course examines ancient engineering techniques and how they relate to modern engineering innovation. Pictured: Students in a fall break trip visit the Parthenon in Athens listen as ...

Italian archaeologists recently discovered an ancient Roman bathhouse submerged underwater – and it may have belonged to Rome ...

An ancient swimming pool near Corinth in Greece is still regarded 2,000 years later as an aesthetic engineering marvel.