Newly discovered fragments of 2,200-year-old star coordinates—once thought lost—reveal the incredible skill of the ancient astronomer ... used by scientists to map objects in the sky.

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Hipparchus, who's also known as the father of trigonometry, is often considered the greatest astronomer of ancient Greece. Parts of his star map appear ... Catalogue more accurate than Ptolemy's ...

While it is not 100 percent certain that Hipparchus is the source of this star map, some of the evidence of his authorship includes the precision of the ancient astronomer’s measurements.

The Antikythera Mechanism is the latest relic at the center of an Indiana Jones adventure, but what’s the history behind this ancient ... map of the night sky from the Greeks was amazingly ...

Imago Mundi, also known as the “Babylonian Map ... accurate as Google Maps, nor as gloriously illustrated as cartography from Medieval times, but it does provide a unique glimpse into the way ...

The tablet is the earliest discovered example of applied geometry. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A 3,700-year-old clay ...

Previous studies stressed that the temple was a bright, sunlit marble space, but after 4 years of meticulous reconstruction of ancient lighting ... and physically accurate understanding of the ...