The copper and leather device represents the first evidence of mechanical tools from Egypt’s pre-Pharaonic history.

A hiker in Norway made an unexpected archaeological discovery while exploring remote mountain terrain. The find was an ancient device buried for centuries in ice and snow. Officials say the discovery ...

There is something quietly humbling about standing before an ancient artifact and realizing, with all of our satellites, ...

The Antikythera computer captured the ancient Greek passion for mathematics, and especially geometry, and science.

An Egyptian-German archaeological mission has unearthed a staggering 13,000 inscribed pottery fragments, known as ostraca, at the ancient site of Athribis in Sohag, Upper Egypt, including over 130 ...

Re-examination of an Egyptian artifact discovered about 100 years ago led researchers to realize it is an ancient “bow drill.” The copper and leather device represents the first evidence of mechanical ...

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