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

Some of the world’s most enduring mysteries hail from the realm of ancient technology. From the towering pyramids of Egypt to the intricate Antikythera mechanism, these remarkable feats of engineering ...

The Ptolemaic city of Canopus was once an ancient sin city, but today, it's a lost city beneath the waves of the Mediterranean.

This year has seen a number of artifacts recovered from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Egypt. The area has attracted ...

The lives and craft of ancient Egyptian artisans are the subject of a new exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum.

Almost 13,000 years ago, a vast, hurtling fragment of a comet exploded over Louisiana, turning stone into glass, and it could ...