2200 years old remains of a man with a deformed knee attached to a prosthetic leg tipped with a horse hoof have been discovered in a tomb in an ancient cemetery near Turpan, China. This tomb holds … Read more
Ancient history of shipping, trading on oceans date back to many years and evidence of trade between civilizations dates back at least two millennia are found. Indians and Chinese have the oldest known history of shipping and … Read more
Helike was an ancient Greek Poseidon city that disappeared at night in the winter of 373 BC. It was located in Achaea, northern Peloponnesos, two kilometres (12 stadia) from the Corinthian Gulf and near the city of … Read more
In medicine, a prosthesis, is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part lost through trauma, disease, or congenital conditions. Prosthetic devices have existed for centuries. Originally prosthetics were simply replacements for missing limbs, but now … Read more
They look like objects you’d find in any workshop or machine shop scrap bin. They are obviously manufactured. Yet this assortment of metal springs, eyelets, spirals, and other metal objects were found in layers of sediment dated … Read more