Ancient Egypt could determine the exact time of day using the sun’s position. China was the first civilization to develop paper. The invention of paper, which occurred in ancient China around ...

The age of Homo technicus could generate profound intellectual advances and solutions to our gravest problems. But first we ...

Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory ...

William Dalrymple gives us a near-complete idea of how central India was to everything that happened in the ancient world ...

Many of the modern pieces of technology you use everyday actually evolved out of prior inventions that, in some cases, date ...

New research uncovers the origin of the wheel, revealing how ancient copper miners transformed simple rollers into advanced ...

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...

By Karen Taylor Based on ancient wisdom, the Chinese year is split into 24 segments, or solar terms, going beyond the concept ...

Nor was China, the alleged terminus of the Silk Roads in most versions of its conception, ever the main destination of east-west trade in ancient or early medieval times. Indeed ... textiles, ...

Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world's oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate ...

Scientists in Japan constructed the first satellite made of wood by blending age-old woodworking techniques with rocket science.