Explore the possibility of lost ancient high technology in Egypt through the study of mysterious megalithic stonework found in some of the most fascinating archaeological sites. This video examines ...

The Serapeum holds massive stone boxes that display signs of advanced machining, raising questions about the technology used by ancient Egyptians.

Scientists have discovered a new species of chiton, an ancient marine mollusk that has remained virtually unchanged for the ...

The Minoans’ obsession with solar eclipses led to the creation of remarkable hilltop observatories and potentially the first ...

The Archimedes Palimpsest is a 10th-century Byzantine Greek manuscript that was overwritten in the 13th century with a Christian liturgical text. This practice of creating a palimpsest, or a reused ...

For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected ...

Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in ...

Archaeologists in Uzbekistan have uncovered 80,000-year-old arrowheads, possibly crafted by Neanderthals.

Scientists at MIT have found compelling chemical evidence that Earth’s earliest animals were likely ancient sea sponges.

A lost page of the Archimedes Palimpsest containing work on the sphere and cylinder has been identified in France.

Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii, but its graffiti survived. New tech just revealed what it's been hiding.

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