Every year brings new discoveries from ancient Egypt and 2024 was no exception. In this countdown, Live Science takes a look ...

Few remnants of the ancient world have survived due to their decorative charm alone, yet sundials continue to reign supreme ...

The inventions of the hemispherium and the hemicyclium are attributed to Berosus (356-323 BCE), a Chaldean priest and astronomer who brought these types of sundials to Greece. Both dials use the shape ...

Alongside the sundial, archaeologists discovered a merkhet, an ancient Egyptian astronomical tool from the same period that helped track celestial movements. Perhaps the most fascinating discovery ...