Technology in a Historical Context. Witness the remarkable progression of tools, machines, and inventions that have shaped civilization.
Technology in a Historical Context
Ancient Robots and Miracles
Religious automata have been used for centuries to sway public perception and opinion into doctrine. It made people witness “miracles”.
Hero of Alexandria is frequently regarded as the finest experimental of antiquity, a true Genius of the Ancient World whose mind can only be compared to that of Leonardo da Vinci.
It is a small, hollow object made of bronze. It it has 12 flat pentagonal faces, decorated with a number of knobs and a circular hole of varying diameters connecting to the hollow center.
The original cup from Lycurgus dates from the 4th century AD, likely taken only on special occasions, showing the king of Thrace, Lycurgus, trapped by vines,
Wildfire is a type of flammable liquid based on arcane knowledge that keeps on spreading and simply cannot be extinguished by conventional means.
The Quimbaya civilization thrived until around 7th century CE, leaving behind a legacy that continues to captivate archaeologists today.
The exact origins of cooking are not known, but early humans did, at some time in the distant past, master fire and begin using it for food preparation.
The oldest prehistoric needles ever found date back to approximately 57,000 – 63,000 years ago.
We have archaeological evidence of the oldest wheel to date ever found, known as the Ljubljana Marshes Wheel.
The Prehistoric Petrospheres of Scotland, are a mysterious class of ancient artifacts made 5000 to 5200 years ago
Earth’s First Earthquake Detector
The Houfeng Didong Yi, Earth’s First Earthquake Detector, is an Ancient Engineering marvel from ancient China
The Lighthouse of Alexandria, known in Greek as Pharos of Alexandria, was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
The Macuahuitl was a fearsome weapon that was able to slice through flesh and bone with ease, and it played an important role in Aztec warfare and culture.
The Flying Pigeon of Archytas of Tarentum
Archytas of Tarentum was a gifted mathematician. He is also known for the first flying machine ‘The Flying Pigeon of Archytas’
Physicians believed that many illnesses were caused by an imbalance of bodily fluids, and bloodletting was thought to restore this balance.
Mortsafes became popular in the 18th and 19th century Britain to protect graves from body snatchers
Romanticized as the “German Robin Hood” and remembered as a hero, Gottfried “Götz” von Berlichingen, was a German Imperial Knight (Reichsritter), a mercenary, and a poet.
The first pocketbook in history. A unique late-medieval manuscript comprising of 266 pages containing a lavishly illuminated Book of Hours written in Latin and French.
The World’s First Animated Feature Film
First Animated Feature Film Was Made In Argentina in 1917. The film was made not by Walt Disney, but by Quirino Cristiani in 1917 in Argentina
It was first developed in the early twentieth century by a British physicist named Sir Robert Watson-Watt.
Was the Saqqara Bird an Ancient Egyptian Plane?
The Saqqara Bird is a historical object often referred to as an out-of-place artifact, or Oopart, for short.
The concept of sheltering oneself from the rain or sun using a canopy-like structure has its roots in ancient civilizations and dates back thousands of years.
Leonardo da Vinci was a very intelligent and prolific man whose outstanding genius was centuries ahead of his peers. He built a Robotic Knight in 1495
The Mechanical Turk Chess Master
The Mechanical Turk Chess Master Machine, was purportedly an automaton capable of playing top-level chess.
A lot of fascinating new devices were introduced in the area of medicine. These new devices produced electric discharges and were supposed to cure everything from liver disease to hernias.
One of those devices was The Electropathic Sex Belt
The manuscript was created c. 512 C.E. in Constantinople, during the reign of Emperor Justinian I
Troops used acoustic mirrors made of concrete and similar listening devices to detect enemy aircraft.
The Invention of the Telegraph
Although it is usually attributed to a single man, Samuel F. B Morse, the invention of the telegraph was really the result of a chain of contributions made…
African throwing knives have a long history in African culture. These weapons were used by various tribes for hunting, warfare, and self-defence. They were also used in ceremonial dances and rituals.
Beer is one of humanity’s oldest beverages, dating to at least the fifth millennium BC
What is certain is that the first beer in the world was made by women.
One of the professions that emerged from this culture was that of the Bematists or Bematistae, who were essentially ‘step counters’.
Parchment has been used as writing material for thousands of years, and Parchmenters were the skilled craftsmen who produced this valuable commodity.
Since it was popularized in the early eighteenth century, the history of the bidet has not been a simple sanitary item but has been a hygienic practice that is at least suspect.
Ketchup is part and parcel of almost every American dish, but despite its current links, ketchup wasn’t developed in the United States.
The Excelsior Welbike, a small, lightweight, and economical motorcycle designed specifically for air-dropping paratroopers or glider deployment reconnaissance units.
Who Invented Graham Crackers?
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Find out the real history of Graham Cookies!.
A little-known fact about Windows Operating Systems is that there are certain names that cannot be used in files, folders, photographs, text documents, etc.