Old beliefs about early human behavior in East Asia are being challenged by the discovery of a richly-layered archaeological ...

Discovered in a shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera around 1901, this device was used to predict astronomical positions, eclipses, and even the timing of the ancient Olympic Games.

An archaeological discovery of two artifacts in southern Greece are the oldest known handheld wooden tools fashioned by early human ancestors.

On Wednesday, Nov. 5, University of Massachusetts classics lecturer Joseph Wilson took the students in his course, Technology in the Ancient World, to the glassblowing laboratory of Sally Prasch. The ...

Advanced technology uncovers ancient graffiti, including love notes and sketches, offering fresh insights into daily life in ...

An ancient Pompeii wall at a newly excavated site, where Associate Professor Admir Masic applied compositional analysis (overlayed to right) to understand how ancient Romans made concrete that has ...