Explore mysterious “out-of-place” artifacts inside the Cairo Museum, including precision-cut granite boxes, tube drill holes, ...

Archeologists found evidence that ancient Romans may have used a medical treatment involving perfume... and human feces.

Researchers have identified the earliest known "mechanically sophisticated" drill found in association with ancient Egyptian ...

Archaeologists working at an excavation site in Pompeii have uncovered new evidence that helps explain why ancient Roman buildings have lasted for thousands of years. The discovery points to a special ...

Researchers found a tiny bottle from ancient Rome that contained fecal residue and traces of aromatics, offering evidence that poop was used medicinally more than 2,000 years ago.

A 12,000-year-old discovery offers a rare look at the emergence of complex technologies employed by America’s early inhabitants.

At the Tayma Oasis in Saudi Arabia stands a rock split with uncanny precision—so sharp it looks like it was sliced by a laser. Is this a natural wonder… or evidence of a lost advanced civilization?

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 ...