Hipparchus
Ancient Greece
Ancient Star Catalogue of Greek Astronomer Hipparchus Discovered
Researchers have discovered fragments of the Star Catalog authored by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus. It was composed in the second century BC and is the first known comprehensive star catalog in the Western world.
The fragments of Hipparchus' Star...
Ancient Greece
Lost Ancient Greek Sky Map Discovered at Monastery
A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus was recently discovered at St. Catherine Monastery on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.
Hidden beneath Christian texts, scholars have discovered what seems to be part of the...
Archaeology
Babylonian Trigonometry Tablet Precedes Pythagoras by 1,000 Years
A Babylonian clay trigonometry tablet and a reed pen precedes the Pythagorean Theorem by at least 1,000 years and is accurate today, according to a Guardian report.
Scientists seem to have deciphered the 3,700-year-old broken clay tablet, which belongs to...