Off the coast of a Greek island sits the Antikythera shipwreck, a 2,000-year-old wreck with a story that inspired an Indiana ...

In ancient Greece, the name Pleiades refers to the seven daughters of Atlas, ... Astronomy leads the astronomy hobby as the most popular magazine of its kind in the world.

Ancient Greek astronomers were the first to gather knowledge about space exploration. Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos could ...

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 2000-year-old device which transformed our understanding of astronomy in ancient Greece. In 1900 a group of sponge divers found the wreck of a ship off the ...

THE traditional view that the knowledge of astronomy of the Greece of classical times had been derived from Egypt, ... Astronomy in Ancient Egypt. Nature 144, 1041–1042 (1939) ...

Baby names inspired by Greek history and mythology are gaining popularity in the US. From Athena to Zeus, there is a name for ...

A Common History What’s fascinating is that astrology and astronomy once walked hand in hand. In ancient civilizations—Babylon, Egypt, Greece, and even in the Middle Ages—astronomers were ...

Songs and music activities for KS2 pupils aged 7 - 11 exploring the civilisation and myths of Ancient Greece. Includes six catchy songs to learn. BBC School Radio. BBC Teach.

The star catalog was made by ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus around 162 and 127 BCE, 1,400 years before the telescope. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Email address Sign up Thank you!

“You can’t walk through Washington D.C. without seeing ancient Greece and Rome on every block, ... dates back to a lumber mill built in 1898 and a woman named Pearl Collins who loved astronomy.

What’s fascinating is that astrology and astronomy once walked hand in hand. In ancient civilizations—Babylon, Egypt, Greece, and even in the Middle Ages—astronomers were also astrologers.