All in all, we are very proud of our Pharos, which has taken us time, coordination, and creativity to construct. May it join the other ancient invention models in representing the ingenuity of our ...

Here are their 3 most incredible ancient inventions, the Windcatchers (their form of ancient air-conditioning), Yakhchals (their form of refrigeratoror freezer), and the Windmills. US Ally Arrests ...

To study this history, population geneticist Harald Ringbauer at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in ...

The earliest archaeological evidence of the use of cosmetics can be traced back to the urban civilizations of the ancient world. In southern Iraq and in Egypt, men and women alike painted kohl around ...

Have you ever wondered what life was like during the 1500s or what Olympic medals looked like in the early 1900s? You will ...

The invention of the compass promoted maritime undertakings, and its use soon spread to the Arab world, and thence to Europe. China's four great ancient inventions made tremendous contributions to ...

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Ancient civilizations around the world had clever inventions that were so ahead of their time that they still puzzle modern scientists and engineers. History is filled with examples of incredible ...

Coined money, as you know, is a very ancient invention. There may have been a golden age when gold was altogether unknown, and people paid with cows, not with coins. When precious metals ...

According to Farrell Monaco, an honorary visiting fellow and doctoral candidate at the University of Leicester who ...