The hydraulic telegraph, a telecommunications device invented by ancient Greeks, allowed the sending of long distance ...

Imagine a world without the glow of your screen, the hum of your fridge, or the instant communication across continents.

An analysis of more than 3 million years of human evolution shows that communication and technology developed in lockstep. As ancient humans came up with more advanced stone tools and other ...

In recent years, a remarkable discovery has captivated the world of archaeology and technology enthusiasts alike: an ancient shipwreck containing a device that challenges our understanding of ...

Hacker, Barton C. 1968. "Greek Catapults and Catapult Technology: Science, Technology, and War in the Ancient World." Technology and Culture, 9, (1) 34–50. https ...

An ancient vase depicting the death of Talos, the bronze automaton created by the god Hephaestus to guard the island of Crete ArchaiOptix via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 “May not machines ...

A newly deciphered Herculaneum scroll, revealed through Pulsed Thermography, exposes fresh details about the Greek origins of ...

DNA’s power to illuminate humanity’s past never ceases to amaze. Collected from those now alive, it shows how their ancestors spread across the world from their African homeland—and, having done so, ...

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