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 ...

Long forgotten and hidden under layers of religious texts, the world’s earliest star catalog has just resurfaced. Scientists ...

Peering into the past, we find that our ancestors held a surprisingly advanced understanding of the stars and constellations. Their knowledge, as revealed in ancient texts, often rivals our modern ...

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

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 ...

A new analysis of the 6,000-year-old stone circle known as Rujm el-Hiri (also Gilgal Refaim) in Golan Heights suggests that it was not built to observe the heavens. When you purchase through links on ...

pt. I. Ancient astronomy, from its origins to the end of the Middle Ages. The origins of astronomy -- Primitive astronomy in China, Chaldea and Egypt -- The cosmology of primitive peoples -- The ...

pt. I. Astronomy in art -- Monet and Turner, masters of sea and sky -- Vincent van Gogh and starry skies over France -- Edvard Munch : mysterious skies in Norway -- Yosemite moonrises and moonbows -- ...