Some of the world’s most enduring mysteries hail from the realm of ancient technology. From the towering pyramids of Egypt to ...

New research has recently shaken up the long-held ideas about how the ancient Egyptians built the Great Pyramids. While the traditional belief suggests the massive stone blocks were hauled up massive ...

Some believe the "Babylon Battery" is an ancient device capable of generating electricity—centuries before modern batteries ...

Ancient Greeks not only created the foundations of modern civilization, but they also predicted robots and other modern ...

An analysis of more than 3 million years of human evolution shows that communication and technology developed in lockstep. As ancient humans came up with more advanced stone tools and other ...

Rare rocks buried deep beneath central Australia have revealed the origins of one of the world’s most promising new deposits ...

Plus: US disease monitoring capabilities are disappearing. This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. An ...

The lecture hall of an "impressive high school" from an ancient Greek settlement was recently uncovered in Italy – with the discovery highlighting the similarities between ancient and modern schooling ...

This image provided by William Usaquen and Andrea Casas-Vargas shows the high plains in Bogota, Colombia where a new group of humans lived 6,000 years ago. (William Usaquen, Andrea Casas-Vargas via AP ...