While modern humans tend to think of science in terms of innovations made during the past 100 to 200 years, mankind has always had great scientific thinkers. Over 2,000 years ago, one or more such ...

This astrolabe was made in the Persian city of Isfahan in about 1715. Isfahan is now in Iran. The object includes a body with throne, a handle that holds a ring for suspending the device, and five ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A circular bronze astronomical instrument lies on a blue cloth. An 11th-century astrolabe — a device used for accurately ...

The stars that twinkled over medieval Verona have long been known for tragically entangling two young lovers in Shakespeare’sRomeo and Juliet. Now a rare Islamic astrolabe that was recently ...

Sometimes a little modern technology can help turn up an ancient treasure — even if that technology is nothing more than a computer screen and a simple web search. That's what happened to Federica ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A rare eleventh-century Islamic astrolabe has been ...

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A remarkable astrolabe showing academic collaboration between Muslims and Jews in 11th-century Spain has been fortuitously uncovered by a Cambridge University history lecturer. The discovery came last ...

The precious astrolabe was found languishing in a museum in the Italian city of Verona. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An ...

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