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

Some believe the "Babylon Battery" is an ancient device capable of generating electricity—centuries before modern batteries ...

From towering aqueducts to enduring roads, Ancient Rome’s engineering feats reshaped the world and still influence modern ...

Sometimes, clues about ancient technology are hidden in the most mundane things. In this case, Tel-Aviv University archaeologist Erez Ben-Yosef and his colleagues went rummaging through heaps of ...

Firebricks have an ancient history but could be part of clean energy's future. Researchers estimate it could save $1 trillion on energy storage.

Reliable evidence of startlingly advanced ancient technology is few and far between. The Antikythera Mechanism, which we’ve discussed previously, is the crown jewel of astonishing artifacts ...

Understanding new tech through the ancient technology of storytelling Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Bill Radke July 02, 2018 / 3:03 pm ...

The greatest technology of all, of course, is the art and science of living peaceably together, a thing lost to our understanding in the Dark Ages. If we don’t find a way to have that old ...

In Petra, Jordan, a team of archeologists is recovering some surprisingly sophisticated systems built to harness Mother Nature. That old world technology, they say, might just save the ancient ...

This technology is widely used in ancient human genome research. Currently, more than two-thirds of ancient human genome data come from data captured using the "1240k" probe set.