If one were to stumble upon the thought of ancient technology, it would be hard to think of anything as advanced as the Antikythera mechanism. This tiny device which has, several times, been claimed ...

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Special techniques used to study ripples in the universe may have helped researchers solve an ancient mystery. Statistical modeling methods that were developed to study gravitational waves have been ...

Archaeologists resume excavations at the ancient Greek Gymnasium in Agrigento, Italy, uncovering new details about its ...

(Phys.org)—An ancient Greek astronomical puzzle now has another piece in place. The New York Times reported the new evidence today in a story about research by James Evans, professor of physics at ...

The Antikythera mechanism, a mysterious ancient Greek device that is often called the world’s first computer, may not have functioned at all, according to a simulation of its workings. But researchers ...

Think ancient civilizations were primitive? The evidence suggests otherwise. From computers that tracked celestial events to concrete that grows stronger with age, our ancestors created technologies ...