Roman, Egyptian, and Chinese civilizations had many different ingenious inventions. Chocolate was a big aphrodisiac for Mesoamerican civilizations and used for energy. The first earthquake ...

The first vending machine was invented by an ancient Greek during the 1st century AD and was a holy water dispenser.

Ancient Indian inventions such as Ayurveda and Yoga have laid the foundation for practices that the world continues to embrace today.

The way we saw human inventions was as hot-tubbing macaques at a larger scale: one clever inventor and her friends and family following behind. This has large implications for human knowledge.

The Virtual Museum of Ancient Inventions is a project begun by the students in the course Ancient Inventions, which was offered for the first time in the spring semester of 1997. More inventions will ...

Your tortilla, kayak, and even popcorn all trace back to Native brilliance. These inventions are older than you think. Which ...

The warp-weighted loom uses a system of holding the warp threads parallel under tension by tying them in small bunches to weights made of stone, pottery or metal. From the beginning of Western history ...

Ancient 2,000-year-old artifacts were recovered from the Mediterranean Sea near Alexandria, Egypt, possibly from the sunken city of Canopus.

The Judgement of Paris, which was likely the first ancient Greek beauty pageant, set off one of the most important narratives in mythology.

An ancient Indian practice may ease symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea without the hassle of a costly CPAP machine, a new study found.