Ancient Technology
Archaeological discoveries and several ancient texts reveal our ancestors were much more advanced than previously thought. Many of our modern inventions are only re-inventions based on knowledge of ancient people.
During the growth of the ancient civilizations, ancient technology was the result from advances in engineering in ancient times. What kind of technology was present in the ancient world? In this section we take a closer look at the stunning technology of the ancient world.
Ancient Technology Archive
Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancient societies had access to high technology and as an example that could support this assumption, we now mention an interesting gold object that
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - One of the ancient Roman engineering marvels is located in Samandag, Turkey. This structure, known as the Vespasianus Titus tunnel, is the world's
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Although nanotechnology represents a new, relatively modern concept and is related to ultrahigh precision and ultra-small sizes, the term "nano" is old. It
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancients were in possession of very sophisticated knowledge. Ancient gold and silversmiths used mercury, which was produced more than 8,000 years ago in Turkey.
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AncientPages.com - A merkhet ("instrument of knowing") was an ancient Egyptian timekeeping instrument used for telling time at night. It is an amazing example of ancient technology. The device
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AncientPages.com - Thousands of years, trepanation—the act of scraping, cutting, or drilling an opening into the cranium—was practiced around the world, primarily to treat head trauma, but possibly to
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Even with a highly skilled neurosurgeon, the most effective anesthesia, and all the other advances of modern medicine, most of us would cringe
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AncientPages.com - Researchers have long tried to figure out how the Easter Island's giant statues got their heavy red hats. The statues, carved from volcanic tuff, came from
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AncientPages.com - Kilns have been used since very ancient time to turn objects made from clay into pottery, tiles and bricks. A kiln is an oven or furnace or a
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Dutch archaeologists have studied two fascinating Ice Age finds found at the bottom of the North Sea. One of them is a rare
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There is plenty of evidence that our ancestors much more advanced than we previously thought. The use of electricity is supposed to be a
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AncientPages.com - Scientists have found evidence people in Sahara were familiar with glass technology centuries before the arrival of Europeans. During excavations at Igbo Olokun, located on the northern
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AncientPages.com - Ancient Romans came up with many inventions that we still use today. Over 2000 years ago, they invented the hypocaust, a heating system used in homes and
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AncientPages.com - An ingenious irrigation system that allowed ancient Chinese farmers to raise livestock and cultivate crops in one of the world’s driest desert regions of China, has been
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AncientPages.com - A huge ancient hydraulic system discovered in China may be the world’s oldest and predate Mesopotamian water systems. Ancient skilled Mesopotamian engineers constructed sophisticated water systems around
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AncientPages.com - Analysis of a 2,000-year-old papyri fragments reveals ancient Egyptians were familiar with advanced ink technology. Using X-ray microscopy have demonstrated that black ink used by Egyptian scribes
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There are many intriguing time travel stories. One of the most puzzling accounts deals with a very brilliant but eccentric British inventor who some
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - History of powerful gigantic shafts of polished granite – known as obelisk – is shrouded in mystery. The obelisk is a monolithic, four-sided piece
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In 1703, the German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz demonstrated the advantages of the binary system for computations and by doing so he laid the foundation
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AncientPages.com - The science behind metallurgy goes far back in time, but it's uncertain when and where humans invented metal smelting. Researchers now think they have found the answer
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Egyptian Papyrus of Ani contains a number of fascinating descriptions of curious encounters with interesting boats. The “boats” are often mentioned in
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There is still much to be learned from our ancestors who were familiar with several types of advanced technologies. Dougong brackets were used a
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Sanskrit texts are filled with references to gods and battles they fought in the sky, using powerful Vimanas equipped with the most sophisticated
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There are many mysterious megaliths scattered across Russia. Some of these massive stone blocks can be natural formations, but other huge structures seem a
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Today, Danish physicist Hans Christian Oersted is credited with aluminum's invention. In 1825, Oersted successfully separated aluminum metal from its oxide and techniques to
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AncientPages.com - For 2,000 years engineers have tried to figure out what ancient Romans put in to their concrete that made their piers survive the continuous battering of the ocean
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AncientPages.com - The Egyptian blue is the world’s oldest artificial pigment. It appeared about 5,000 years ago in a tomb painting dated to the reign of Ka-sen, the last
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Valley Temple at Giza, which is usually ascribed to the Pharaoh Chephren (2520-2494 BC) is a remarkable and mostly unusual ancient structure. The
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - India has been widely known for its iron and steel since ancient times. The Indian state of Telangana, located on the Deccan Plateau, in
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - According to ancient Indian epics and esoteric doctrine, Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were two of the Seven Rishi Cities of the Rama Empire. Archaeologists and
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Thalia Lightbringer - AncientPages.com - Everyone knows about the Pyramids of Giza. Many are also aware of the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, and perhaps also the pyramids
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Astronomical tradition of ancient China was an important part the country’ cultural tradition and dates back to the Bronze Age and 1800 BC. Through
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A gnomon ("one that knows or examines") is the part of a sundial that casts a shadow. The term has been used for many
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Windcatchers are very old wind towers can be still found across the Middle East. The structures were created by ancient engineers to create natural
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The astrolabe is a beautiful ancient object. It is fair to say it is an instrument with a past and future. It is
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Among the Berber Arabs of the Sahara Desert, they are known as foggaras but these people do not remember all their history because it
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Maya Blue has been a scientific puzzle mainly due to its unusual chemical composition. Maya blue is a highly resistant artificial pigment.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Magnetic compass is an indispensable navigation tool that has played a significant role in our history. We find the first use of a
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - According to ancient sources, Seneca (c. 4 BC - AD 65), the Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist used to read "all the books in
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AncientPages.com - Question: What was the Egyptian blue? Answer: The Egyptian blue is the world’s oldest artificial pigment. It appeared about 5,000 years ago in a tomb painting
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - People ask many questions and are curious about inventions and discoveries. Here is one question: When was the odometer invented? An odometer is
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com – Many scientists worldwide are currently conducting experiments in order to learn more about levitation and antigravity. There are however ancient documents that indicate our
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