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From roads to buildings to water systems, some ancient technologies were just too good to abandon. This video showcases the most impressive ancient engineering feats that we’ve continued to use or ...

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Ancient Rhodes was not merely an island; it was a sophisticated maritime power that defined the Hellenistic world.

The study, published January 13 in Physical Review Letters, replaces the metal or plastic cogs of conventional gears with controlled flows of liquid. In their experiments, ...

These ancient structures still stand - but the people who built them remain a mystery that history can’t fully explain.

The expansion of one of the Mediterranean’s strongest powers wasn’t only driven by conquest, but also infrastructure. By ...

What can we learn from a Pompeii construction site preserved in ash? Plus, tech companies look to build solar-powered data ...

A 2026 PNAS study reveals Pompeii's pre-Roman Republican Baths were heavily contaminated with human waste and rarely ...

A study by scientists at Penn State and NASA shows that intact biomolecules from dormant microbes break down much more slowly ...