Even though the invention of the wheel around 6,000 years ago revolutionized everything from transportation to pottery making, its exact origins are still a mystery to archaeologists. But a new ...

The origins of the wheel remain one of history's greatest mysteries, obscured by fragmented evidence and centuries of speculation. While its invention revolutionized transportation, trade ...

We don’t know whether Europe’s ancient wagon technology was wheeled in from elsewhere or invented independently. But there is another line of evidence that the wheel was established in Europe ...

ANCIENT marks from the world’s “first ever vehicle” which pre-dates the invention of the wheel have been found in a groundbreaking discovery. Boffins at Bournemouth University unearthed ...

Learn about the history of the cart wheel and the stalwarts who are preserving their ancient craft and traditional methods.

1498 - Rifling principle is discovered. 1509 - Invention of wheel lock (rose lock). The next major advance, the wheel lock, generates a spark mechanically. With no wick to keep lit, the wheel lock ...

The potter's wheel was widely used by the beginning of the third phase of the Early Bronze Age, about 2400 BCE. Pottery cannot be made by hand modeling or coiling without the potter either turning the ...