Archaeologists in Oman uncovered a 4,000-year-old musical instrument, a pair of copper cymbals, in the ruins of an ancient ...

The piece is made from woven nylon monofilament, in other words fishing line, and is a fine example of how both the techniques of creating textiles ... peyote stitch, an ancient off-loom technique.

In the second century BCE, Greek historian and geographer Agatharchides wrote about the severe working conditions of the criminals and prisoners of war who toiled in ancient Egyptian gold mines ...