Six structures and devices from the ancient world continue to resist full technical explanation, even as advanced imaging, ...

Ancient civilizations accomplished feats of engineering that continue to challenge modern understanding. Despite advances in archaeology, materials science, and experimental reconstruction, several ...

The ingenuity of the construction techniques used by Greek builders 2,000 years ago continues to dazzle the world. What did these ancient engineers get right? And how does looking to the past help ...

The ingenuity of ancient Egyptian engineers may have been even more ahead of their time than we thought. A new study suggests a currently unexplained ancient structure may have been part of a water ...

This study presents an experimental reconstruction and hydraulic assessment of the Rubble-mound Conical Structures (RmCS) of Aegina, a distinctive type of ancient harbour infrastructure. Reduced-scale ...

The microarchitecture of fossil pterosaur bones could hold the key to lighter, stronger materials for the next generation of aircraft, new research has found. Scientists from The University of ...

Archaeologists working with Cambodia’s Apsara National Authority have unearthed the significant remains of a 12th-century hydraulic system within the ancient royal palace complex of Angkor Thom. The ...

Whoever built it for the protection of a deified pharaoh must have taken advanced physics into account.

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The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt has survived more than 4,500 years. Earthquakes have repeatedly shaken the region, including the magnitude 5.8 Cairo earthquake in 1992, which dislodged some of the ...