An investigation into the evidence for ancient high technology found across the world. We look into the evidence for ...

Archaeologists have long known that complex societies can unravel with startling speed, but a growing body of evidence ...

A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of ...

MIT researchers traced chemical fossils in ancient rocks back to the ancestors of today’s demosponges. A team of geochemists ...