Ancient inventions

The Museum of Ancient Greek Technology in Katakolon is a small museum founded by Kostas Kotsanas. The Museum of Ancient Greek Technology is located at a close proximity to the main port of Katakolo…

While the contribution of the ancient Greeks in the fields of rational thought, science, and fine arts remains unique, the history of ancient Greek technology is still quite unknown. A thorough study of the ancient Greek, Latin, and Arabic literature, the angiographic information, and the few releva

Ancient Chinese Civilization is one of the civilizations that made the greatest contribution to human progress. Here are the ten most important inventions made by Chinese culture: Gunpowder According to legend, gunpowder was accidentally found by C…

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During the growth of the ancient civilizations, ancient technology was the result of incredible advances in engineering in ancient times. These advances in the history of technology stimulated soc…

The compass was probably invented in the Qin Dynasty (221-206BC) by Chinese fortune-tellers who used the stones to construct their fortune telling boards. But they eventually realised that the stones were always pointed towards the north, and the compass really came into being.

It was Heron the Egyptian who first invented the steam engine, his Aeolipile, about 1600 years before Newcomen’s engine of 1711. Heron was a mathematician and geometer who lived in Alexandria around A.D. 62.

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