Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy, who lived in Egypt, built upon Babylonian knowledge in his geocentric model of the ...

Mohamed Ismail Khaled, the secretary-general of the SCA, stated that the recent findings demonstrated the "ingenuity and skill" of the ancient Egyptians' abilities to study astronomy. For their ...

But some of the criticisms may be misguided, an expert on ancient astronomy told Live Science. Archaeologists think the oldest parts of Rujm el-Hiri (which means "Heap of Stones of the Wildcat" in ...

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 ...

explained that the sun's alignment with the Holy of Holies at Karnak reveals the ancient Egyptians' distinction and their skill in linking astronomy and architecture. He stated that the ancient ...