The production technology of wax tablets was already highly developed in ancient Rome and operated on an industrial scale. Contrary to previous beliefs, the wax was not poured directly into a hollowed ...

Some ancient cultures managed to develop some bafflingly complex and sophisticated inventions using techniques and knowledge that seemed to come out of nowhere, and in some cases weren't ...

Two thousand ago, the Thomas Edison of the ancient world lived in Alexandria, Egypt where he tinkered, built and wrote about some of the most amazing and whimsical machines the pre-industrial ...

In God and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology, Adrienne Mayor opens up ancient history to new interpretations by adopting a rather capacious definition of technology, one that ...

Here's a look at some of the amazing astronomical discoveries from ancient Greece. But almost as interesting as what they knew, however, is what they did not know.

Meet LiDAR: The Amazing Laser Technology That's Helping Archaeologists Discover Lost Cities Space lasers developed in the 1970s are being put to a brand-new use By Mark Horton & The Conversation UK ...

If you were expecting a post about ancient kings and queens, you are probably at the wrong website. [Burn Heart] has a fascination with ancient measuring devices and set out to recreate period ...

Rare rocks buried deep beneath central Australia have revealed the origins of one of the world's most promising new deposits ...

Modern technology has helped scientists peer even deeper into the past.