When rolled on a moist clay tablet, these engravings left low-relief markings, signifying that the object's owner authorized ...

I n another blow to the image of Neanderthal as brutish troglodyte, we’ve identified the tools the ancient hominin used to ...

Discover the intricate art of creating a traditional cow bullock cart using sustainable bamboo in this captivating video.

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From instruments played with water to early electronic devices promoted by the Nazis, we take a look at the surprising history of instruments named after their creators.

From the Greeks and the Romans to the Ottoman empire, the history of Sardis, Turkey, is one of persistent turnover. But its ...

Venus figurines, with exaggerated sexual characteristics such as big hips and breasts, began appearing about 40,000 years ago ...

Zhang Heng (78-139 AD) was a Chinese astronomer, mathematician, inventor, geographer, cartographer, artist, poet, statesman, and literary scholar from Nanyang, Henan Province, China. He is noted for ...

The Phoenicians were an ancient people who once ruled the Mediterranean. Despite little being known about them as very few of their inscriptions have survived, their legacy has had an enormous impact ...

Ask LeRone Wilson about his new solo exhibition of his beeswax sculptures, and he will point to the heavens to tell you about it. “It’s like stepping from one planet to another planet, or a star from ...