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 ...

Ancient Greek astronomers likely observed Uranus as a star, but limited tools and geocentric views kept them from recognizing it as a planet. Credit: NASA/JPL / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain.

Insisting on the superiority of a single language closes us off from learning from the others: in my view, a mistake our ancestors have already made. The language of science and progress is not ...

Rome, Italy, May 26, 2025 / 06:00 am. Casamari Abbey in Italy is a gem of Cistercian-Gothic art, whose stones have been imbued with the prayers of monks over the centuries.

A recent study published as a preprint on arXiv proposes that the “Star Manual of Master Shi,” an ancient Chinese astronomical catalog, dates back to approximately 355 B.C. This finding, if confirmed, ...

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

The lecture hall of an "impressive high school" from an ancient Greek settlement was recently uncovered in Italy – with the discovery highlighting the similarities between ancient and modern ...

Ancient tools from a South African cave reveal connections between prehistoric people. Field Museum. Journal Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology DOI 10.1007/s41982-025-00214-5. Keywords ...

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.

The Greek astronomer’s influence on Greek calendar reforms. In addition to his numerous contributions to astronomy, Cleostratus expanded his work to reform the Greek calendar, which had become ...