The settlement, inhabited from around 9500 BC to at least 8000 BC, is known for its large circular structures, which contain ...

According to ancient writers and Greek mythology, the muses are the sources of inspiration for the arts and knowledge.

Proclus’s visionary insights into planetary satellites reveal a divine cosmic order that foreshadowed modern astronomical ...

For more than two thousand years, people have mapped the stars. But a new study claims one of the world’s oldest surviving ...

According to a controversial new study the world's oldest star map, known as the Star Manual of Master Shi, was created in ...

They found that the ancient star chart actually dates to 355 B.C. — 250 years earlier than previously thought — and that it ...

There is a common perception that science is a modern invention with roots in the ancient Greek world. While the Greeks ...

In the new study, however, astronomers used the cutting-edge "Keck Planet Finder" (KPF) instrument as the W. M. Keck ...

If you walked down a city street in ancient Greek and Roman times, it's likely you'd come across children or even adults playing a ball game. The Roman playwright Plautus (3rd/2nd century BC ...

Using algorithmic analysis, scientists say they have shown that astronomer Shi Shen’s records predate previously recognised Greek catalogue.

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift"—the band along the Milky Way caused by dust clouds. This is the ...