Researchers have identified the earliest known "mechanically sophisticated" drill found in association with ancient Egyptian ...
A simple stick, shaped by ancient hands roughly 430,000 years ago, is rewriting what researchers thought they knew about early technology. Carved from wood and preserved in Greek sediments, it now ...
Explore mysterious “out-of-place” artifacts inside the Cairo Museum, including precision-cut granite boxes, tube drill holes, ...
"Egyptian craftspeople mastered reliable rotary drilling more than two millennia before some of the best-preserved drill sets." ...
A curious ancient Roman artifact has drawn renewed attention as researchers report finally solving the mystery of its undeciphered markings.
Researchers have identified what may be the earliest known metal drill from ancient Egypt-and it was hidden in plain sight.
A small metal object discovered more than a century ago is changing what scientists know about ancient Egyptian technology. Researchers from Newcastle University and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna ...
Cara Tremain receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Sabrina C. Higgins receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Archaeologists have unearthed Paleolithic glyphs in a German cave, potentially pushing back the history of written communication by over 30,000 years.