A Bronze Age ship sailed the Persian Gulf 4,000 years after its design

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. Texts on an ancient clay tablet have allowed experts to reconstruct a Bronze Age ship made of reeds and set it on its maiden voyage off the coast of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab … Read more

A Bronze Age ship sailed the Persian Gulf 4,000 years after its design

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. Texts on an ancient clay tablet have allowed experts to reconstruct a Bronze Age ship made of reeds and set it on its maiden voyage off the coast of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab … Read more

Reconstructed Bronze Age boat makes maiden voyage

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. The smallest remnants from the past can provide insight into an otherwise mysterious lifestyle. Eyed needles made from bone, antler, and ivory appear in the fossil record in southern Siberia … Read more

Reconstructed Bronze Age boat makes maiden voyage

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. The smallest remnants from the past can provide insight into an otherwise mysterious lifestyle. Eyed needles made from bone, antler, and ivory appear in the fossil record in southern Siberia … Read more

Wealthy Gulf states have huge ambitions. Will extreme heat stop them?

The rich oil states of the Persian Gulf have big plans for the future. They want to attract more and more tourists and investors, organize major sporting events, build new cities and diversify their economies and make them less dependent on oil. But they face a looming threat from which they cannot easily escape: the … Read more