History isn’t a straight line of progress. Civilizations solved problems, then collapsed, taking knowledge with them. Some machines were lost because they weren’t recorded or protected. War, religion, ...

The prehistoric people of Australia survived in one of the most unforgiving environments on Earth. Long before agriculture or ...

Kashmir, now known largely for its beauty, was once known for its wisdom and as a centre of knowledge. From the time of ...

Historians and divers are trying to retrieve prehistoric clues from beneath the waves—but they have to act fast.

Cutting-edge LiDAR technology has revealed an astonishing secret concealed beneath the dense jungle canopy of Ecuador's Andean Chocó: hundreds of pre-Hispanic structures that dramatically expand our ...

The room we are in is locked. It is windowless and lit from above by a fluorescent bulb. In the hallway outside—two stories beneath the city of London—attendants in dark suits patrol silently, giving ...

Recreating a fifth-century stitched ship, the Indian Navy has inducted INSV Kaundinya, reviving ancient shipbuilding ...

One popular Discovery Channel series will lose a familiar face next season. Ryan Skinner, a guest contributor to the ...

A couple turned over 100,000 photos of China’s Great Wall into a museum, preserving its fading history for future generations ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has brought ancient languages to life, such as Ancient Greek and Old English, by demonstrating ...

As Machu Picchu struggles with crowds of tourists, Joanna Booth finds tranquility at an alternative ancient site ...

Georgian architect and designer Kote Gunia reveals how his Translation furniture series reimagines Biblical narratives ...