Discover 25 ancient technologies from vanished empires you won't believe. From advanced astronomy to synthetic pigments, ...

Recent archaeological excavations have unearthed an ancient artifact that challenges our understanding of early technology: a battery believed to be thousands of years old. This remarkable discovery ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When we look back at ancient history, we often default to picturing primitive societies with crude tools, simple living, and slow ...

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 ...

Debunking alien claims matters, but so does telling richer, more compelling stories about how humans shaped their own past.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Climate change is not just a modern dilemma; it’s a force that has reshaped the trajectory of human history time and again. From ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early communities harnessed predictable tides for irrigation, but when deltas ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The Milwaukee Public Museum has scheduled the first of five "Greatest Hits" exhibit celebrations Saturday, Jan. 10 as part of its final year before moving to a new building. The ...

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the past itself? The idea that aliens assisted the ...