With more than 300 islands to explore here, we’ve got your guide to the best times to visit, where to stay—from resorts to ...

In 1603, Shahzada Salim, the future Badshah Jahangir, commissioned a curious portrait. In it, his grandfather, the second Mughal Badshah Humayun, kneels on a richly patterned blue carpet, reading a ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A pendulum astrolabe (aka ...

Popular Opinion: We just can’t give first-graders calculators, right? Likewise, higher-ed students need to learn the fundamentals of math and science, free from generative AI or else they will become ...

The sailback houndshark had not been seen since a fisherman first caught it near the mouth of the Gogol River in Madang 55 years ago, according to a study. Asso Myron Unsplash On a summer night in ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The astrolabe is an astronomical calculating device used from ancient times into the nineteenth century. Measuring the ...

When a small, 500-year-old copper disk was discovered among the remains of a shipwreck off the coast of Oman in 2014, archaeologists suspected it was a navigation tool called an astrolabe. Now, thanks ...

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 ...

It’s 2021, and four friends find themselves lying on a bed together in Brighton. After hours spent laughing and chatting together, they decide to start a band and call it The New Eves. “After we first ...

The stars that twinkled over medieval Verona have long been known for tragically entangling two young lovers in Shakespeare’sRomeo and Juliet. Now a rare Islamic astrolabe that was recently ...

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 ...