Explore the most advanced technologies of Ancient Egypt, ranked by how far ahead of their time they were, based on how long it took humanity to recreate them. The video features animated recreations ...

The Incas were known to engage in a sacrificial ritual involving children to appease their gods. Archaeologists have found ...

Drone technology is poised for remarkable progress across multiple domains that are vital for human development.

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) was established in 1946 to prevent the collapse of several species that had been hunted to near extinction over the preceding centuries. In 1986, after long ...

Researchers have identified the earliest known "mechanically sophisticated" drill found in association with ancient Egyptian ...

5,000-year-old discovery rewrites history of ancient Egyptian technology ...

To protect a priceless octagonal sword, German researchers used computed tomography to see inside the hilt without causing a single scratch.

A small metal object discovered more than a century ago is changing what scientists know about ancient Egyptian technology. Researchers from Newcastle University and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna ...

HANGZHOU -- New DNA analysis of soil sediments from a Song Dynasty (960-1279) shipwreck unearthed along the shore of Wenzhou city in East China's Zhejiang province has revealed that yams were once ...

Technological innovations in Africa and Western Europe in the later part of the Middle Pleistocene signal the behavioral complexity of hominin populations. Yet, at the same time, it has long been ...

My quest for the ark of the covenant was abruptly disrupted at 35,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean. Three hours into our flight to Israel and several hundred miles south of Greenland, the pilot ...

In new document, the Pope says archaeology not only provides historical data but also allows theology to remain rooted in the concrete reality of the people of God, capable of ‘bringing to light ...