There is an art to rivalry. Mastering its rules has, since ancient times, shaped cultural history over millennia.

The Middle Ages often lives in our imagination as a foggy era filled with armored knights, unwashed peasants, gloomy castles, ...

From the ninth to the first centuries BC, in the period before the Roman empire, Etruscan culture flourished in present-day ...

From the deserts of Iran came innovations millennia ahead of their time, wind catchers, ice houses, and the world’s first windmills. These passive cooling systems provided natural air conditioning and ...

Ancient China, a civilization renowned for its profound wisdom and groundbreaking innovations, has gifted the world with numerous inventions that continue to impact our lives today. From the compass ...

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 ...

Ancient Greece is celebrated for its vast contributions to philosophy, art, and democracy — but its economic innovations were equally transformative. Among them, the development of coinage stands as a ...

Ancient Inventions was a BBC historical documentary series released in 1998. It was presented by ex-Monty Python member Terry Jones and looked at great inventions of the ancient world. The series is ...

When we think of innovation, we think of new things that have never been done before, but scientists actually often look to ancient technologies to inspire inventions of the future. Wind used to be ...