Unlike the 365-day solar year most of the world uses today, the Ancient Egyptian calendar followed the lunar year, as does the Islamic calendar still widely used around the world. YouTube Watch On ...

In 1901, sponge divers off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera stumbled upon an ancient shipwreck that would soon yield one of the most extraordinary artifacts of the ancient world. Amid the ...

Ancient Greek Computer Had Surprising Sun Tracker The world’s oldest astronomical calculator is famous for having intricate gear systems centuries ahead of their time.

Scientists used a 3-D printer, a loudspeaker and computer software to recreate a part of the voice of a 3,000-year-old mummy. By Nicholas St. Fleur In life, Nesyamun was an Egyptian priest who ...