Astronomy can often give us clues to the past that are otherwise lost to history. In one case, an Italian astronomer has ...

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a ...

Babylonian kings routinely sacrificed royal stand-ins to avoid eclipse prophecies. From the museum's collection of 130,000 ...

Babylonians were using advanced geometry over 3,700 years ago. Their clay tablet, Si.427, reveals a world of surprising ...