The star catalog was made by ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus around 162 and 127 BCE, 1,400 years before the telescope. By Laura Baisas Published Oct 20, 2022 1:00 PM EDT Get the Popular Science ...

There were many similarities between ancient Greece and Egypt. The two civilizations were in close contact during the ...

Ancient thinkers struggled to tell facts from falsehoods just like we do – and their strategies are still relevant today.

A medieval parchment from a monastery in Egypt has yielded a surprising treasure. Hidden beneath Christian texts, scholars have discovered what seems to be part of the long-lost star catalogue of the ...

The ancient Greeks settled on the Aeolian Islands sometime in the Bronze Age where they traded with their neighbors ...

Divers exploring the centuries-old Antikythera wreck retrieved intact pieces of the ship and found artifacts that shed light on life aboard the craft. The Antikythera shipwreck dates back to the first ...