Researchers have identified what may be the earliest known metal drill from ancient Egypt—and it was hidden in plain sight.

Discovered in a Mediterranean shipwreck in 1901, the Antikythera Mechanism stunned historians with its intricate system of interlocking bronze gears dating back to around 100 BC. X-ray imaging later ...

On a computer screen in a lab, a scattered cluster of stone flakes suddenly snaps together into a single, razor-edged tool, ...

"Egyptian craftspeople mastered reliable rotary drilling more than two millennia before some of the best-preserved drill sets." ...

Archaeologists may have uncovered the long-lost "City of Iron" in the mountains of Uzbekistan.

Researchers revive a legendary golden fabric lost for 2,000 years and uncover how its natural structure preserves its brilliant color.

Before the Inca civilization rose to power in what’s now Peru, the Chincha Kingdom reigned as a prosperous society on the country’s southern coast. Now, scientists have discovered that seabird ...

Explore Saudi Arabia's history through more than 2,900 artifacts in Riyadh, or immerse yourself in Middle Eastern art at the futuristic Ithra Museum ...

The early writing of Yinxu, the rich imagination of Sanxingdui, the echoes of the Silk Road in Dunhuang, and the elegant life of Jiangnan — Today, these traces of civilization across time and space ...

Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court has allowed the Assam government to go ahead with certain preparatory and ancillary works under the ₹498-crore Kamakhya Corridor project, while making it clear that ...

A group of international friends celebrated Spring Festival in style at Meili Ancient Town in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, on Feb ...

A new study analyzes three asteroid and two meteorite samples to see if space rocks smacking into Earth could’ve helped ...