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Medieval monks hid a lost star map and scientists are decoding it now
In a monastery library on the Sinai Peninsula, a devotional handbook by the monk John Climacus sat quietly for centuries ...
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‘Birth of science’: Particle accelerator decodes ancient Greek star map hidden in text
Ancient Greek astronomers made important observations regarding the night sky long before the first ...
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What an Assyrian star map reveals about ancient astronomy
Long before modern astronomy, the Assyrians were already observing the night sky. In this video, we explore an ancient ...
Before telescopes, ancient Greek astronomers relied on naked-eye observations of the night sky to understand the universe around them. The meticulous star catalog belonging to one of the best of these ...
For decades, a fractured Ancient Greek clay wine cup sitting in a museum was considered typical of pottery featuring rows of exotic animals.
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