Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reconstruction of Xigou tool-making. (CREDIT: Hulk Yuan) Old beliefs about early human behavior in East Asia are being challenged ...
Hidden inside the British Museum are artifacts that raise uncomfortable questions about ancient technology. Among the most mysterious are thousands of stone vases carved from extremely hard rock.
The past has never been more visible. While ancient ruins crumble under the weight of time, weather, and human activity, a quiet revolution is taking place across archaeological sites worldwide.
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 ...
Old beliefs about early human behavior in East Asia are being challenged by the discovery of a richly-layered archaeological site located in central China. The excavation project at Xigou, led by the ...