Ctesibius was a pioneering inventor of ancient Greece whose work in pneumatics and hydraulics shaped technologies still in ...

Three tombs 'made by pure Egyptian hands' have been found in the archaeological site of Dra Abu el-Naga on the Luxor West Bank, Egypt.

Of course, it would not be a collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts ... to more learned scribes, priests, and government officials. Household objects include clay pots and tools for hunting ...

What it tells us about the past: This decorated wooden diorama was discovered in a secret chamber of an ancient Egyptian tomb in Thebes (now Luxor) in 1920. The enormous tomb was that of Meketre ...

The Grand Egyptian ... stories of the ancient Egyptians through these galleries. The first gallery, for example, themed around “society” features the hunting and farming tools used by ...

Evidence suggests that days, months, and years of chewing down on these tools led to dental wear and severe arthritis ... “But unlike today's typists, no one designed proper chairs for ancient ...

Tools of the trade ... between the descriptions of scribe activity and their depictions in Egyptian art offer some fascinating insights into how these ancient Egyptians actually used their bodies ...

Their rare skills meant that scribes were highly valued by society and the state, and were members of the privileged classes. This can be seen in examples from the ancient Egyptian literary genre now ...