In a remarkable archaeological discovery, the Edfu Temple in Upper Egypt has revealed, for the first time, a new section of ...

The Rosetta Stone played a vital role in researchers deciphering hieroglyphics. It was found in 1799, but wasn't fully deciphered until many years later.

A joint team of researchers from Egypt and Germany have announced their first successes restoring color to the ancient Temple ...

Researchers have managed to decipher the manuscript of the ancient Greek mathematician and astronomer Ptolemy 200 years after ...

Claudius Ptolemy was a Greek mathematician, astronomer and geographer who lived in the Egyptian city of Alexandria while under the rule of the Roman Empire. Much of medieval astronomy and ...

Here’s how it works. Space can be a wondrous place, and we've got the pictures to prove it! Take a look at our favorite space pictures here, and if you're wondering what happened to today in ...

Statue of Ptolemy. Charts have aided mariners ever ... shall be revealed . . . . Peter Tyson is Online Producer of NOVA. Photos: (1,2) NOVA/WGBH; (3) Visuals Unlimited/Owon Gingerich.

Zahi Hawass announces the discovery of the largest, most complete ancient city in the Valley of the Kings area in Egypt.

IT is somewhat strange that in the article on Ptolemy in the “Penny Cyclopædia,” he is spoken of only as a geographer. His fame is undoubtedly built upon his two great works on astronomy and ...

A book from the 16th century has lived in Michigan State University’s library vault for over 70 years. The book was ...

It wasn't finished until Ptolemy II began his reign ... archaeological expedition was able to be carried out. Underwater ...

He advanced the study of a millenniums-old mystery: why the moon appears larger on the horizon than it does high in the night ...