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

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New research into an abandoned construction site in Pompeii has revealed the secrets of Roman cement manufacturing.

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Archeologists say they have finally cracked the 6,000-year-old mystery of Armenia’s “dragon stones" – massive carved ...

On December 6, 2025, the inaugural ceremony of Smart Civil Infrastructures, an international academic journal sponsored by ...

Frank Herbert’s Dune popularized windtraps as devices that harvest moisture from desert air, but real ancient Iran developed ...