Around 5,000 years ago, people in what is now Iran began turning dull stone into shining metal. By heating copper ore until ...
TL;DR: A team of students from Hunan University and China Agricultural University revived a 2,000-year-old Han-era rice recipe using ancient techniques and modern technology. Guided by experts, they ...
On Wednesday, Nov. 5, University of Massachusetts classics lecturer Joseph Wilson took the students in his course, Technology in the Ancient World, to the glassblowing laboratory of Sally Prasch. The ...
Scientists have unearthed peculiar million-year-old rock tunnels in Africa, which have left researchers puzzled and suggest the existence of an ancient lifeform that has never been identified before.