To protect a priceless octagonal sword, German researchers used computed tomography to see inside the hilt without causing a ...

A small metal object discovered more than a century ago is changing what scientists know about ancient Egyptian technology. Researchers from Newcastle University and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna ...

The research suggests the Indus Valley Civilisation could be far older than previously believed, not just by a few centuries, but by thousands of year.

Modern narratives often imply that systematic materials science emerged primarily in Europe through guild structures, early ...

Alchemy in Byzantine times was a long intellectual tradition blending Ancient Greek science, Egyptian symbolism, and ...

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

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

A small copper object first unearthed more than a century ago is now prompting archaeologists to rethink the technological ...

Archaeologists in South Sinai, Egypt, uncover ancient rock art, tools, and inscriptions showing thousands of years of human activity.

A stunningly preserved Bronze Age sword, unearthed in Germany in 2023, is now revealing the advanced techniques of its creators. New analyses show that the over 3,400-year-old octagonal sword was ...

A small copper object unearthed in Egypt more than a century ago is now at the centre of a major rethink about how early the civilisation mastered adv.

A long-overlooked Ancient Egyptian tool is now reshaping what archaeologists know about the origins of human engineering. A ...