In this captivating video, we explore the top 3 amazing and useful ideas that can transform your everyday life. Discover simple inventions that combine creativity and functionality, offering practical ...

King Caranus was supposedly the founder of Macedon, but did he really exist? This article investigates the earliest evidence.

The Virtual Museum of Ancient Inventions is a project that was begun by students in the course Ancient Inventions, first taught by Marjorie Senechal, which was offered at Smith from 1997 through 2004.

Copper smelters once used iron oxide to refine copper, unintentionally advancing the path toward iron metallurgy. Research conducted at Cranfield University provides new insight into the shift from ...

Research from Cranfield University sheds new light onto the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, showing how experimentation with iron-rich rocks by copper smelters may have sparked the ...

The rise of the Iron Age —and the complete shift in the way the world worked that it caused—was likely an accident. And according to new research, a copper smelting site used roughly 3,000 years ago ...

The earliest evidence of the invention of the wheel pops up around 5,500 years ago in Uruk, ancient Mesopotamia, which has to go down as the most innovative society in human history. These guys, best ...

Ancient copper smelters may have accidentally set the stage for the Iron Age. At a 3,000-year-old workshop in Georgia, researchers discovered that metalworkers were using iron oxide not to smelt iron ...

New research suggests ancient copper smelters accidentally discovered iron, sparking the technological shift that transformed human history.

Earth scientists often face huge challenges when researching Earth's history: many significant events occurred such a long time ago that there is little direct evidence available. Consequently, ...

T he ancient Greeks left a lasting mark on the modern world with their incredible discoveries and inventions. They were pioneers in science, medicine, and zoology, and their ideas continue to ...