Archaeological discoveries and several ancient texts reveal our ancestors were much more advanced than previously thought. Many of our modern inventions are only re-inventions based on knowledge of ancient people.
During the growth of the ancient civilizations, ancient technology was the result from advances in engineering in ancient times. What kind of technology was present in the ancient world? In this section we take a closer look at the stunning technology of the ancient world.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have recently re-examined a small copper-alloy object that was excavated nearly a century ago from a cemetery at Badari in Upper Egypt. Their analysis has revealed that this artefact is the earliest known rotary metal drill from ancient Egypt, dating back to the Predynastic period (late 4th millennium BCE), which […]
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Sumerians were an advanced ancient civilization fully aware of the dangers climate can pose. They naturally knew there was no survival without water, and when their magnificent city of Girsu became endangered, they decided to try to save it from destruction. At first archaeologists did not know what the ancient
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Vikings are often depicted as crude barbarians running around yelling and waving with swords, but there are many reasons we should reconsider whether this is an accurate picture. We have heard it all before. The image of a brutal Viking king sitting on his throne in a gloomy room, surrounded
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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – There is much to be learned from many ancient civilizations. Ancient Maya reservoirs, which used aquatic plants to filter and clean the water, ‘can serve as archetypes for natural, sustainable water systems to address future water needs,’ according to a new study. Tikal, Grand Plaza. Credit: Adobe Stock – Matyas
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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have discovered that ancient Roman glass, known as “wow glass,” has formed a strange type of crystal that refracts light in surprising ways. After analyzing archaeological glass fragments from Roman times, scientists realized they were observing naturally-formed photonic crystals – periodic optical structures that can control the flow of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While 21st-century water companies struggle to maintain clean, fresh supplies, a new study reveals that, some 2,000 years ago, Roman water engineers were keeping up a regular program of managing and maintaining the ancient water systems. According to the research published in Scientific Reports, ancient water management traces are captured
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A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Zhang Heng (A.D. 78 – 139) was one of the world’s first scientists to propose that the universe is infinite in space and time. He was also convinced that the number of dimensions we cannot see with the naked eye is unlimited. He’s considered the Leonardo da Vinci of the
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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Engineers from Caltech have discovered that Leonardo da Vinci’s understanding of gravity—though not wholly accurate—was centuries ahead of his time. In an article published in the journal Leonardo, the researchers draw upon a fresh look at one of da Vinci’s notebooks to show that the famed polymath had devised experiments to
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Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – “It has been documented since the Renaissance that an air bubble rising in water will deviate from its straight, steady path to perform a periodic zigzag or spiral motion once the bubble is above a critical size,” write researchers in their paper. Leonardo da Vinci observed five centuries ago
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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Researchers have identified the ingredients in chemistry formulas from a 2,300-year-old Chinese text, revealing ancient metallurgy was more complex than expected. The Kaogong ji was written in China around the middle of the first millennium BC and is the oldest known technical encyclopedia. It details items ranging from swords to musical
