Long before smartphones compressed clocks, maps, calendars, and calculators into a pocket-sized screen, another device ...

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 ...

There’s something enchanting about ancient tools and instruments. The idea that our forebears were able to fashion precision mechanisms with nothing but the simplest hand tools is fascinating. And ...

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 ...

A 17th-century brass astrolabe, crafted in 1612 in Lahore by Mughal master craftsmen for a nobleman, sold for $2.75 million at Sotheby’s in London. The piece, possibly the largest of its kind, set a ...

Seventeenth Century Mughal Astrolabe from Jaipur Set for London Auction. A rare brass astrolabe dating back to the 1600s, ...