Discover the mystery behind some of the largest stone sculptures ever created, including the towering Colossi of Memnon. How were 1,000-ton quartzite and granite statues transported hundreds of miles ...

When artist Duane Koyawena first saw a partially assembled droid in Joe Mastroianni’s workshop in 2019, he knew the Star Wars style R2 unit being built for an ...

Researchers have identified what may be the earliest known metal drill from ancient Egypt—and it was hidden in plain sight.

The principle of centrifugal separation is ancient, but its modern industrial application is a feat of precision engineering. As global challenges such as water scarcity, stringent environmental ...

Self-healing materials can autonomously repair damage and make bridges, roads, and aircraft more durable and sustainable.

A long-lost 5,300-year-old artifact from ancient Egypt has just been rediscovered, and it’s far more advanced than anything historians expected.

The discovery of ancient Egyptian technology suggested that the civilization was mechanically sophisticated thousands of ...

A legendary golden fabric once worn only by emperors has made an astonishing comeback. Korean scientists have successfully recreated ancient sea silk—a rare, shimmering fiber prized since Roman ...

The belief that the pyramids were not built by human hands has fascinated conspiracy theorists for decades. No one promoted that idea more persistently than Swiss author Erich von Däniken, often ...

Several millennia ago, a Greek ship sank off the coast of an island in the Aegean Sea called Antikythera. It was carrying statues, coins, and one mysterious shoebox-sized object. Watch editors Andrew ...

Archaeologists excavating a Pompeii site uncovered the secret behind the longevity of ancient Roman structures: a unique concrete mixture that could chemically repair itself over time. A recent study, ...

On Native American Heritage Day, we examine a long-overlooked marvel of ancient engineering that had been tucked away beneath a golf course in Ohio. It is a place some archaeologists say is on par ...