Ancient Egypt could determine the exact time of day using the sun’s position. China was the first civilization to develop paper. The invention of paper, which occurred in ancient China around ...

A team of Washington State University-led researchers has recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian ...

Ancient civilizations around the world had clever inventions that were so ahead ... Calendars may seem ordinary today, but in ancient Egypt and Sumer, they were revolutionary tools.

The annals of history are replete with inventions that, despite their ancient origins, still perplex and amaze modern-day scientists. These creations, ranging from complex devices to monumental ...

(Buto is a later Greek name for the ancient Egyptian Wadjet, according to the Wiley Online Library, and "Wadjet" has various spelling variations in English.) The building sprawls over a quarter of ...