The University of Sharjah hosted an astrolabe workshop in which western scientists showed participants how an astronomical instrument made by an ancient Muslim scholar nearly 1,000 years ago measured ...

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 ...

Astrolabe, an ancient astronomical tool, helped measure time, direction, and stars. Discover its meaning, origin, and role in ...

Cambridge University historian Federica Gigante is an expert on Islamic astrolabes. So naturally she was intrigued when the Fondazione Museo Miniscalchi-Erizzo in Verona, Italy, uploaded an image of ...

Ancient Greek astronomers and early Islamic scientists used astrolabes as mechanical computers to calculate time, determine ...

Did you know the Jaipur Royals hold a rare ancient treasure that’s now making global headlines? This is the 17th-century ...

An 11th-century artifact sitting in an Italian museum has been identified as a scientific instrument inscribed with an incredible surprise: signs of use by Muslim, Hebrew and Christian users. Federica ...

Long before smartphones compressed clocks, maps, calendars, and calculators into a pocket-sized screen, another device ...

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