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Africa saw the advent of some of the earliest ironworking technology in the Aïr Mountains region of what is today Niger and the erection of some of the world's oldest monuments, pyramids, and towers in Egypt, Nubia, and North Africa. In Nubia and ancient Kush, glazed quartzite and building in brick were developed to a greater extent than in Egypt.
Zhang's seismoscope, also known as hòufēng dìdòngyí, an ancient Chinese seismometer. Multiple modern recreations have been created, but it is debated whether they are mechanical replicas. [9] Hong-sen Yan claims that they do not reach the seismoscope's historically reported level of accuracy and range. [10]
Image credits: Adrian Willings #3 An Ancient Earthquake Detector. Today, seismologists use sensitive equipment to record tectonic movements deep within the earth and analyze this data to predict ...
Ancient Roman military equipment (6 C, 5 P) E. Egyptian inventions (9 C, 78 P) G. Ancient Greek astronomy (4 C, 34 P) I. Inventions of the Indus Valley Civilisation ...
3000 BC: Receipt in Ancient Mesopotamia [165] 3000 BC – 2800 BC: Prosthesis first documented in the Ancient Near East, in ancient Egypt and Iran, specifically for an eye prosthetics, the eye found in Iran was likely made of bitumen paste that was covered with a thin layer of gold. [166] 3000 BC – 2500 BC: Rhinoplasty in Egypt. [167] [168]
Pont du Gard (1st century AD), over the Gardon in southern France, is one of the masterpieces of Roman technology. Ancient Roman technology is the collection of techniques, skills, methods, processes, and engineering practices which supported Roman civilization and made possible the expansion of the economy and military of ancient Rome (753 BC – 476 AD).
In ancient times, culture and knowledge were passed through oral tradition. The development of writing further enabled the preservation of knowledge and culture, allowing information to spread accurately. The earliest scientific traditions of the ancient world developed in the Ancient Near East, with Ancient Egypt and Babylonia in Mesopotamia.
Here are eight ways that new technology is changing the way we understand ancient Egyptian mummies. Egyptians may have mummified wealthy visitors. A CT scan allowed scientists to digitally unwrap ...