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Museum of Ancient Inventions

The dramatic pace of technological change in the twentieth century obscures the surprising fact that most of the discoveries and inventions on which modern societies have been constructed were made in prehistoric times. Ancient inventions tell detailed stories of complex knowledge for which no written records exist. The Virtual Museum of Ancient Inventions is a project begun by the students in the course Ancient Inventions at Smith College, which was offered for the first time in the spring semester of 1997.