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.
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – There is plenty of evidence that our ancestors much more advanced than we previously thought. The use of electricity is supposed to be a modern invention, but various ancient sources reveal ancient civilizations were familiar with
AncientPages.com – Scientists have found evidence people in Sahara were familiar with glass technology centuries before the arrival of Europeans. During excavations at Igbo Olokun, located on the northern periphery of Ile-Ife in southwestern Nigeria, archaeologists uncovered more than 12,000 glass
AncientPages.com – An ingenious irrigation system that allowed ancient Chinese farmers to raise livestock and cultivate crops in one of the world’s driest desert regions of China, has been located by scientists using satellites imaging and drone reconnaissance. This lost for
AncientPages.com – A huge ancient hydraulic system discovered in China may be the world’s oldest and predate Mesopotamian water systems. Ancient skilled Mesopotamian engineers constructed sophisticated water systems around 4,900 years ago and these have long been considered to the world’s
AncientPages.com – Analysis of a 2,000-year-old papyri fragments reveals ancient Egyptians were familiar with advanced ink technology. Using X-ray microscopy have demonstrated that black ink used by Egyptian scribes also contained copper – an element previously not identified in ancient ink.
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – There are many intriguing time travel stories. One of the most puzzling accounts deals with a very brilliant but eccentric British inventor who some thinks designed a real time machine based on secret ancient Egyptian knowledge
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The history of powerful, gigantic shafts of polished granite, known as obelisks, is shrouded in mystery. This monolithic, four-sided stone monument, set upright and ending in a pointed top, forms a small pyramid known as
AncientPages.com – The science behind metallurgy goes far back in time, but it’s uncertain when and where humans invented metal smelting. Researchers now think they have found the answer to this long-debated question in the history of technology. Apparently, metallurgy does
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The Egyptian Papyrus of Ani contains a number of fascinating descriptions of curious encounters with interesting boats. The “boats” are often mentioned in connection with stars and heavens. Most historians think these objects are merely
AncientPages.com – For 2,000 years engineers have tried to figure out what ancient Romans put in to their concrete that made their piers survive the continuous battering of the ocean waves. Modern concrete seawalls embedded with steel crumble within decades, but ancient
AncientPages.com – The Egyptian blue is the world’s oldest artificial pigment. It appeared about 5,000 years ago in a tomb painting dated to the reign of Ka-sen, the last king of Egypt’s First Dynasty. Scientists have discovered that the Egyptian blue
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Almost no other site in Egypt is more impressive and fascinating than Karnak. Karnak represents one of the most outstanding temple complexes in the world. It results from the combined architectural achievements of several generations
