Many Ancient Greek inventions, created many centuries ago, still play an incredibly large role in our daily lives today.

The Pythagorean Cup, an invention from ancient Greece, shows that Greek heads weren't in the intellectual clouds all the time ...

Ancient stone knife. (Credit: Andrei Gilbert/Shutterstock) Andrei Gilbert/Shutterstock Hammocks While today they’re mostly synonymous with relaxation and tropical getaways, hammocks were originally ...

More inventions will be acquired by the museum each year that the course is offered. For more information on Smith's Program in the History of the Sciences, the Museum of Ancient Inventions or the ...

The Greek Dionysius the Elder of Syracuse, who was looking to develop a new type of weapon, invented the catapult about 400 BCE. Thereafter, it became a key weapon in warfare and remained so up ...

Ancient Indian inventions such as Ayurveda and Yoga have laid the foundation for practices that the world continues to embrace today.

Voices Commentators Invention of farming was first industrial revolution Taken from the Royal Society of Arts lecture, given by Steven Mithen, the Professor of Archaeology, from Reading University ...