As the State of Israel recovers from two years of war, a biblical book about some restorative heroes of old (sorry, Maccabees ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii discovered a workshop that combined two elements that allowed the concrete to “heal” itself.

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

These out-of-place artifacts, or OOPArts, are surprising for their place and time — but there's an explanation behind each ...

Architects also praise rammed earth’s high thermal mass—insulative properties that regulate a building’s indoor temperature.

Heron of Alexandria was an important ancient Greek inventor of mechanical devices whose inventions included the first steam ...

More than 2,000 years ago, Greek artisans built a compact machine of interlocking gears that could track the heavens with a ...

China's use of rammed earth to make loess platforms with wooden structures on top, evolved from the Loess Plateau and ...

Learn more about the legality of the strikes by having students examine the Department of Defense's Law of War Manual and the Geneva Conventions ...

A groundbreaking materials study has finally unveiled the secret behind the exceptional durability of the Temple of Venus, revealing how Roman engineers deliberately used volcanic materials to create ...

Long before Nigeria was colonised by Britain, art and engineering had been a part of our culture. Though civilisation and education mean a certain thing now, there is more than enough proof that ...