The ancient Egyptians took a number of measures to safeguard the pyramids. But did they ever resort to booby traps? The answer, Egyptologists told Live Science, is an emphatic no. "No, they didn't use ...

Archaeologists excavated 7,000-year-old wooden fish traps at Tesse lake for the first time after a hiker stumbled on the ruins, photos show. Photo from the Cultural History Museum Standing on the bank ...

Scientists exploring an underwater region off the coast of Alaska discovered an ancient stone fish trap that may be the oldest ever found. University academics working with the Sealaska Heritage ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fish traps that have survived tens of thousands of years show the resourcefulness of Brunswick’s indigenous population, according ...

Satellite images have revealed an ancient system of elaborate, funnel-shaped mega traps likely built by hunters and pastoralists to catch prey in the high altitudes of northern Chile. New research on ...

A group of Swedish marine archeologists say they have found what they believe could be the world’s oldest stationary fishing traps on the bottom of the Baltic Sea, with the most ancient dating back at ...