Tucked away in a seemingly forgotten corner of the Istanbul Archaeology Museum, Daniel Mansfield found what may solve one of ancient math’s biggest questions. First exhumed in 1894 from what is now ...

Scientists have discovered the purpose of a famous 3,700-year old Babylonian clay tablet, revealing it is the world's oldest and most accurate trigonometric table, possibly used by ancient ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza is often treated as a monument of stone, but it also functions as a monument of numbers. I see at ...

Ever heard or heard of a salpinx, barbiton, aulos, or syrinx? Well, neither has anyone else, for centuries (at least heard them). Until now. Credit: Luca Petrella These ancient instruments were common ...

The ASTRA project, standing for Ancient instruments Sound/Timbre Reconstruction Application, has revived an instrument that hasn't been played or heard in centuries. Using the Enabling Grids for ...

Scholars highlight India’s foundational contributions to mathematics, including zero, sine functions, Pythagoras’ theorem and the fibonacci sequence, documented in ancient manuscripts long before ...

Learn why the achievements of Egypt, Babylon and Greece, though child’s play today, still stand as remarkable feats of intellect. It’s humbling to realize that much of high-school math, so vexing to ...

UNSW Sydney scientists have discovered the purpose of a famous 3700-year old Babylonian clay tablet, revealing it is the world's oldest and most accurate trigonometric table, possibly used by ancient ...