"Last year at this time, the Karez wells were inscribed in the World Heritage Irrigation Structures list," said Mulati Naijimuding, a cultural relics official in Turpan City, northwest China's ...

Archaeologists explore the Antikythera shipwreck. The Antikythera Mechanism is now split into 82 fragments, only 30% has been ...

Some of the world’s most enduring mysteries hail from the realm of ancient technology. From the towering pyramids of Egypt to ...

A mystery of ancient engineering revealed - was this the answer to Judah’s worst drought? A study by the Israel Antiquities ...

A new study led by Xavier Landreau from the CEA Paleotechnic Institute in France suggests that ancient Egyptians may have used an innovative hydraulic lift system.

A Princeton course examines ancient engineering techniques and how they relate to modern engineering innovation. Pictured: Students in a fall break trip visit the Parthenon in Athens listen as ...

Italian archaeologists recently discovered an ancient Roman bathhouse submerged underwater – and it may have belonged to Rome ...

An ancient swimming pool near Corinth in Greece is still regarded 2,000 years later as an aesthetic engineering marvel.