The star catalog was made by ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus around 162 and 127 BCE, 1,400 years before the telescope. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Email address Sign up Thank you!

The puzzle, which began with the scrolls’ discovery in 1750, is an incredibly difficult one. Hundreds of papyrus scrolls were burnt to blackened, charcoal-like logs as waves of lava washed over ...

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