An investigation into the evidence for ancient high technology found across the world. We look into the evidence for ...

MIT scientists have used modern technology to unravel the mysterious self-healing properties of ancient Roman concrete.

Archaeologists have long known that complex societies can unravel with startling speed, but a growing body of evidence ...

A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of ...

The oldest evidence for human ancestors using fire, dating back to between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago, comes from a ...

Heat-reddened clay, fire-cracked stone, and fragments of pyrite mark where Neanderthals gathered around a campfire 400,000 ...

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of an ancient religious practice in northern Israel in addition to a wine press dating back roughly 5,000 years — one of the oldest ever uncovered in the ...