Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin pushes back the antiquity of iron, placing the iron age at 5,300 years ago.

From the Bronze age to the Industrial Revolution and beyond, the discovery and development of new materials has been a ...

As the world makes the transition to renewable energy sources, the demand for efficient, long lasting batteries has grown and ...

Mankind has sought civilization since the earliest days of recorded history. However, some kingdoms were the first to start ...

The archaeological site of El Monastil is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its declaration as a Site of Cultural Interest ...

In ancient times, human civilisations experimented with natural resources to create tools and artifacts. The bronze age, in the mid-4th millennium BC, was a significant milestone. Bronze, an alloy of ...

The Sumerians invented the wheel in the fourth millennium BC in Lower Mesopotamia—present-day Iraq. In this invention, rotating axles were inserted into wooden solid discs. They began hollowing ...

3,100 BC. Some societal changes took place during that period ... a new subsistence economy emerged during the fourth millennium, which characterised the Mediterranean zone from this time onward . “It ...

The new Giza attraction may be several years overdue, but there’ll never be a better reason to book your next holiday to ...