A recent study has revealed that Neolithic builders at the Motza site near Jerusalem mastered a highly complex plaster production technique nearly 8,000 years before the Romans. The discovery of ...

The walls of a corridor that once linked two theatres in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii hold hundreds of inscriptions made ...

Would you be surprised to learn that the technology we use to make modern concrete was invented 12,000 years ago? Have you ever wondered how humans first transformed rocks to iron, or how ancient ...

The technology may not be easily accessible in newfound formats due to the loss of Wootz, a crucial material originating from ancient India, and the patterned forms from the Middle East. University ...

Known as the 'Naupa Huaca portal', this mysterious stone sanctuary challenges everything we know about ancient engineering. Carved with impossible precision into solid rock, the site features a ...

On Wednesday, Nov. 5, University of Massachusetts classics lecturer Joseph Wilson took the students in his course, Technology in the Ancient World, to the glassblowing laboratory of Sally Prasch. The ...

ROME (AP) — One of the best-preserved ancient Roman homes on the Palatine Hill is opening to the public for the first time, albeit via a livestreamed tour of its hard-to-reach underground frescoes and ...