The hydraulic telegraph, a telecommunications device invented by ancient Greeks, allowed the sending of long distance ...

The Virtual Museum of Ancient Inventions is a project that was begun by students in the course Ancient Inventions, first taught by Marjorie Senechal, which was offered at Smith from 1997 through 2004.

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Back in the 1990s, most people wouldn’t have believed ...

India s contributions to science, mathematics, medicine, and philosophy date back thousands of years. Long before the rise of modern technologies, ancient Indian thinkers, scientists, and scholars had ...

The human capacity for invention is unparalleled. We have developed technologies that have allowed us to survive and thrive far beyond the ecological niches that constrained our ancestors. While our ...

(CNN) — What do snow goggles, suspension bridges, and lacrosse have in common? They are all innovations that were created by Native Americans thousands of years ago that we still use today. Many ...

India’s brilliant contributions to science and culture often flew under the radar, thanks to a mix of colonial neglect and Western-centric history. When the British ruled, they downplayed India’s ...