The copper and leather device represents the first evidence of mechanical tools from Egypt’s pre-Pharaonic history.

The drill’s chemical composition was also surprising, study co-author Jiří Kmošek noted, as it is made up of an unusual ...

Researchers have identified the earliest known "mechanically sophisticated" drill found in association with ancient Egyptian ...

5,000-year-old discovery rewrites history of ancient Egyptian technology ...

Roman, Egyptian, and Chinese civilizations had many different ingenious inventions. Chocolate was a big aphrodisiac for Mesoamerican civilizations and used for energy. The first earthquake detector is ...

A trove of artifacts from Egypt's last dynasty has been discovered in 63 tombs in the Nile Delta area and experts are working to restore and classify the finds, an official with the country's ...

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Archaeologists diving off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt, have discovered the remains of a 2,000-year-old "pleasure barge" from the time of the Ptolemaic period. When you purchase through links on our ...