Analyzing samples of mummies from different dynastic periods showed how the mixtures of substances used in mummification ...

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More than 2,000 years ago, Greek artisans built a compact machine of interlocking gears that could track the heavens with a precision that still unsettles modern engineers. The corroded fragments of ...

How did ancient fish perceive their environment in the deep sea? An international team led by scientists from the Natural ...

See how Egyptian engineers might have used water to shape history’s greatest monuments.

The transition from mythology to rational, scientific thought in Ancient Greece set the foundation for Western civilization.

The Antikythera computer captured the ancient Greek passion for mathematics, and especially geometry, and science.

Ancient Romans had a big appetite for a certain kind of fish sauce – and a new study is revealing exactly what went into it. Researcher Gonçalo Themudo published his findings in the journal Antiquity ...

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