The Maya civilization developed in the region that is now known as Central America, including southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador.
Founded by Greek settlers from Corcyra (present-day Corfu), who called it Epidamnus, in 627 BC. and renamed Dyrrhachium (Dyrrhachium ) by the Romans, the current city of Durrës is the second most populous in Albania, located in the center of the countrys Adriatic coast, and its main port. In 1966,
The ancient Romans may have built structures that acted as seismic protection screens long before physicists were aware of metamaterials or transform optics. This is what French researchers suggest in their study Role of nanophotonics in the birth of seismic megastructures . In it they state that t
American researchers have provided evidence of significant pollution of certain drinking water reservoirs at the ancient Mayan site of Tikal. The mercury and algae identified made the water at the site undrinkable. The site was abandoned at the end of the 9th century CE. Classified as a UNESCO Wo
A large-scale production brewery, said to be the oldest in the world, has been discovered in Egypt. Beer, the favorite drink of ancient Egypt, was brewed at this burial site. Photo provided by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism on February 13, 2021 shows a beer-making site, at the Egyptian archaeolo