At a time when the passage of time was dictated by the movement of the sun and the seasons, the introduction of “clock time” ...

During Medieval times Christian theologians accepted the Ptolemaic earth centered Greek ... Since meteorites are remnants of our early Solar System, the findings raise the possibility that stars ...

Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day ...

There they switched to a settled lifestyle and became experts in water engineering, creating a highly sophisticated system of reservoirs ... to the north and the Ptolemaic kings of Egypt.

Later invaders and rulers include Mycenaean Greeks (from 1400 BC-onwards), Phoenicians (9th century BC), Assyrians (744–609 BC), a succession of Persian imperial rulers (525–333 BC), Macedonians ...

Around the time of Christ, when Romans controlled much of the known world, the Jews' desire for a deliverer was at a high ...

The Library quickly acquired many papyrus scrolls, due largely to the Ptolemaic kings’ aggressive and well-funded ... The librarianship of Aristophanes of Byzantium saw the invention of the system of ...

Khaled explained that this sacred event showed the city residents a rare glimpse of the god’s shrine, manifesting the religious rituals practised at the temple during the Ptolemaic era.

Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used symbols to track the sale of textile and agricultural products. New research ...

Synthetic cells could mimic the first sparks that led to our existence. Several Dutch institutions are working together to ...

Ancient cylinder seals in Mesopotamia shaped the development of proto-cuneiform writing in Uruk around 3000 BCE, linking ...