A depiction of Byzantines repelling an Arab siege of Constantinople in the seventh century.Credit...De Luan, via Alamy Greek ...

A new museum dedicated to the advanced technological inventions of ancient Greek scientist Archimedes, has just opened up in Ancient Olympia, Greece, according to a news announcement in the Greek ...

Think ancient civilizations were primitive? The evidence suggests otherwise. From computers that tracked celestial events to concrete that grows stronger with age, our ancestors created technologies ...

Vending machines, central heating, and flushing toilets are ordinary conveniences, but it’s easy to forget how old some of ...

Long before electricity, modern factories, or even basic machines as we know them, ancient inventions were already solving problems that still sound surprisingly familiar today. People were building ...

We tend to dismiss the ancient world way too quickly. History gets compressed and when we look back, we often see a blur of stone tools, togas, sandals, and people squinting at the stars. But an ...

Back in the 1990s, most people wouldn’t have believed that soon, everyone from elementary school children to grandparents would be walking around with a hand-held device that serves as a computer, ...

Ancient Inventions was a BBC historical documentary series released in 1998. It was presented by ex-Monty Python member Terry Jones and looked at great inventions of the ancient world. The series is ...

Fully resourced unit covering mythology, city-states, inventions, architecture, and the Olympics | Ideal for weekly history sessions or topic-based learning Explore the fascinating world of Ancient ...