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 ...

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 ...

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An 11th-century artifact sitting in an Italian museum has been identified as a scientific instrument inscribed with an incredible surprise: signs of use by Muslim, Hebrew and Christian users. Federica ...

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