We can split atoms, map the human genome, and launch cars into space. Still, there are objects built hundreds or even thousands of years ago that we struggle to fully understand, let alone recreate.
Ancient Iranian technology adapted desert life through windcatchers, qanat water systems, yakhchals for storing ice, and some of the earliest windmills. These inventions used airflow, gravity, thick ...
Explore the incredible evidence of advanced ancient technology at Hattusa in Turkey, the capital of the Hittite Empire. In this video, we examine megalithic walls, precise stone fitting, core drill ...
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 ...