Antiquities

Although the discovery that wood or rattan floats on the water and can be driven undoubtedly very old, there are…

A rotary dial telephone was a popular type of phone design throughout the 20th century.

In the 19th Century, there was fierce competition in Europe and the USA to create machines that could record and…

Today they are a staple appliance few of us could live without but where did they begin? The first mass-marketed…

Watches popped up on the technology timeline in the 16th century, prompted by the invention of the mainspring. This…

When did milling begin and how did ancient criminals profit from it? Today, our currency is pressed out of long…

Considered the king of all writing instruments, this pen has a complex design and structure. Fountain pens work,…

A key invention during the British Agricultural Revolution, the seed drill allowed for a semi-automated, controlled…

The Terracotta Army, unearthed in 1974, is one of the most exciting archaeological finds in recent history. The…

What goes on inside one of the most popular musical instruments on the planet? Pianos work by transmitting the…