Roman, Egyptian, and Chinese civilizations had many different ingenious inventions. Chocolate was a big aphrodisiac for Mesoamerican civilizations and used for energy. The first earthquake detector is ...

IBM and the Egyptian Government have launched the results of a $3.5m three year, online multimedia project that reveals 5,000 years of Egyptian history. The Eternal Egypt project has created a ...

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