Scientists have finally demystified the incredible workings of a 2,000-year-old astronomical calculator built by ancient Greeks. A new analysis of the Antikythera Mechanism, a clock-like machine ...

Newly discovered fragments of 2,200-year-old star coordinates—once thought lost—reveal the incredible skill of the ancient astronomer Hipparchus. This colored version of a 19th-century ...

Astronomy Astronomers see the 1st stars dispel darkness 13 billion years ago at 'Cosmic Dawn' The Sun A total solar eclipse from 2471 B.C. may have shaken Egypt's cult of the sun ...

In an article entitled “Greek Cosmogony and Astronomy”, Dr. K. Lund-mark briefly traces the development of Greek astronomy from the first indications of some primitive astronomical knowledge ...

2,000-year-old Dacian stonemason tool kit found in Romanian forest near Măgura Călanului quarry gives insight on ancient craftsmanship, architectural techniques ...

The facility tracked the sun's movements closely. An apparent record-breaking ancient astronomy "observatory," complete with a sundial, was uncovered recently during a temple dig in the old ...

Ancient humans were regularly making tools out of animal bones 1.5 million years ago – more than a million years earlier than previously thought. This indicates that they could adapt the ...

Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. Traveling from its sun-splashed isles to the rugged mainland to bustling Athens, we trace the rise of Greek culture.