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Older than the Egyptian pyramids, this 4,000-year-old site in Peru shows advanced astronomy. Ancient people used shadows and celestial cycles to survive—challenging what we think early civilizations knew.
#AncientCivilizations #Archaeology #AncientScience #PeruHistory #HiddenHistory
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/caral-astronomical-observatory-00102724

Ancient Origins Jan 13

Ancient Alexandria, founded by Alexander, became the world’s greatest intellectual hub — home to the Library, Musaeum, astronomers, mathematicians, and physicians. Its loss erased centuries of knowledge forever.
#AncientAlexandria #LostLibrary #IntellectualHistory #AncientScience#Storytelling #DidYouKnow #HistoryFacts #DocumentaryShort #WeirdHistory
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/ancient-alexandria-city-0019944

Brewminate Aug 13, 2025

Astronomy in ancient Babylonia was more than study—it was administration.

Celestial observations governed seasons, taxes, and statecraft through meticulously kept clay tablet ledgers.

#Babylon #AncientScience #Brewminate

https://brewminate.com/celestial-ledgers-how-babylonian-astronomy-governed-seasons-taxes-and-empire/

Brewminate Jul 9, 2025

🚀 Wan Hu, a legendary Chinese official, once tried to launch himself into space with gunpowder rockets.

Real or myth, the story captures a deep truth: we’ve always dreamed of the stars.

Read how medieval China imagined space and Earth's atmosphere:

https://brewminate.com/wan-hu-and-the-celestial-quest-dreams-of-earths-atmospheric-shell-in-medieval-china/

#WanHu #AncientScience #ChinaHistory #Brewminate

Wan Hu: Dreams of Earth’s Atmospheric Shell in Medieval China

The legend of Wan Hu represents an embryonic form of the same spirit that drove modern cosmonauts and astronauts beyond the clouds.

Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas

Punk Metal n Bowie Dec 21, 2024

ScienceAlert: Mysterious Frozen Lake Is a Time Capsule From Millions of Years Ago
#Ancientscience
https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-frozen-lake-is-a-time-capsule-from-millions-of-years-ago

Mysterious Frozen Lake Is a Time Capsule From Millions of Years Ago

A living time capsule frozen in the depths of Lake Enigma in Antarctica contains a unique ecosystem that has been isolated from the rest of the world since its surface permanently froze.

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Erotic Mythology 🌈Sep 25, 2023

Hipparchos based his improved model for the Sun on observations of the equinoxes, which explained both changes in the speed of the Sun and differences in the lengths of the seasons. He is credited with the discovery of a phenomenon called precession of the equinoxes. According to Roman astronomer Claudius Ptolemaeus, Hipparchos measured the longitude of several bright stars and compared his measurements with data from his predecessors.

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#ancientGreece #ancientScience #astronomy

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Erotic Mythology 🌈Sep 25, 2023

Aside from the myths, the ancient Greeks were interested in rational explanations for the celestial phenomena they observed. They were influenced by Egyptian & especially Babylonian astronomy: Babylonian astronomers could predict the planets' motions with extraordinary accuracy.
The 2nd century BCE astronomer Hipparchos wanted to achieve the same level of accuracy as the Babylonians.

#ancientGreece #ancientScience #science #astronomy

Tom Elliott Sep 20, 2023

We finally published a #PleiadesGazetteer place record for the Antikythera shipwreck:

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/333218450

"The so-called Antikythera #shipwreck dates to the second quarter of the first century BCE. Sponge divers discovered the shipwreck near Point Glyphadia on the Greek island of Antikythera in 1900. The wreck has produced numerous artifacts, including an object known commonly as the Antikythera mechanism."

#archaeology #ancientScience

h/t @serviliusahala

Antikythera shipwreck: a Pleiades place resource

The so-called Antikythera shipwreck dates to the second quarter of the first century BCE. Sponge divers discovered the shipwreck near Point Glyphadia on the Greek island of Antikythera in 1900. The wreck has produced numerous artifacts, including an object known commonly as the Antikythera mechanism.

Pleiades: a gazetteer of past places

Peter Gainsford Jul 7, 2023

How Eratosthenes measured the earth: part 4 of 4.

The angle of the sun is the last hurdle Eratosthenes had to overcome with his data collection methods.

Here we review the popularly believed story -- measuring shadows of sticks -- before looking at a more likely and methodologically simpler alternative.

Concludes with a bibliography.

(Reading time: 15 minutes)
#ancientscience #eratosthenes #geography #ancientgreece
https://kiwihellenist.blogspot.com/2023/07/eratosthenes-4.html