The history of mankind has been littered with creativity and ingenuity, with many ancient inventions still being used today.

Ancient technology discoveries are always fascinating because they show how skilled past civilizations could be. Some old ...

We hardly give them a second thought, but everyday objects like bags and backpacks belong to a long technological tradition that may stretch back hundreds of thousands of years. While researchers have ...

Over the past 10 years, researchers led by Fu Qiaomei from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have used ancient DNA (aDNA) ...

Scientists used a portable CT scan to read 4,000-year-old cuneiform text hidden inside sealed clay envelopes from ancient Mesopotamia.