History is often taught as if astronomy followed a single European arc—from Greek philosophy to Renaissance telescopes to modern science—while Africa appears absent or myth-bound. This series, “When ...

Researchers are using X-rays to discover invisible markings left on ancient parchment containing information from the Greek ...

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One of the most famous and recognizable asterisms of the night sky is the Belt of Orion, a tight belt of three bright stars (Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka) in the constellation of Orion, which has given ...

On the criteria that matter to medicine—not later industrial power— Africa led . Medicine does not exist in isolation. It depends on cities, sanitation, governance, and trade. Africa’s medical ...

Slap on your own Indiana Jones hat, and get ready to learn more about our world's ancient past!

The “minute” on your phone is not a natural thing. Nothing in the sky divides an hour into 60 equal parts. Humans invented ...

Synchrotron radiation has revealed a star map made by the ancient astronomer Hipparchus that was thought to be lost to time ...

There are several ancient monuments proving that our predecessors possessed knowledge of astronomy and used it for practical purposes.

X-ray scans recover an ancient Greek star map beneath a medieval text, revealing Aquarius clues and Hipparchus-linked ...

Inside a dusty corner of the Cairo Museum sits the Schist Disc—a mysterious, wheel-shaped artifact from early dynastic Egypt. It was once replicated and tested in a lab, where a team fired sound waves ...

Egyptian and Chinese archaeologists have uncovered a well-preserved sacred lake within the Karnak Temple Complex, providing ...