Often, when we think about antiquity and ancient military technologies, we fall into the usual view of ancient warfare. You ...

Ancient Iranian technology adapted desert life through windcatchers, qanat water systems, yakhchals for storing ice, and some ...

Ancient Greek polybolos machine gun is one of the most fascinating warfare inventions in antiquity, shooting and reloading multiple bolts.

The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern ...

While people today are living through the first human-caused global warming event, we aren’t the first to ever live through climate change. For example, between the years 800 and 1400, the world was ...