More than 2,000 years ago, Greek artisans built a compact machine of interlocking gears that could track the heavens with a precision that still unsettles modern engineers. The corroded fragments of ...

Incredibly, scientists and mathematicians in ancient Greece made some of the most significant astronomical discoveries ...

Since the birth of humanity people have fought each other. Over time the ancient weapons have been replaced by more ...

On Wednesday, Nov. 5, University of Massachusetts classics lecturer Joseph Wilson took the students in his course, Technology in the Ancient World, to the glassblowing laboratory of Sally Prasch. The ...