A cuneiform clay tablet that has puzzled scholars for over 150 years has been translated for the first time. The tablet is now known to be a contemporary Sumerian observation of an asteroid impact at ...

In 1587, a Milanese scholar named Urbano Monte created a huge map of the world, drawn with meticulous and colorful detail on 60 sheets of paper. Monte specified that the sheets should be assembled and ...

In 1502, as Europeans hungrily looked to the vast new continent across the Atlantic Ocean, innovative maps of these unfamiliar territories became objects of power and intrigue. Alberto Cantino, an ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Some 1,500 years after stargazers began using rotating star maps to track celestial bodies’ journeys across the night sky, David Chandler figured out how to ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Johann Elert Bode (1747-1826) served ...

THIS planisphere measures 5½ in. by 5 in. and can be carried in the pocket without the slightest inconvenience. It shows how the stars appear for each month on any selected day or hour to an observer ...

This is a hot little quartz watch with a built-in planisphere which shows you the constellations of the northern hemisphere on a glow-in-the-dark face. Not bad for a $50 watch. It even has a rubber ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Hammett’s Planisphere is a heavy ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Planisphere 2 Planisphere 2 is a replica of New York City. Despite the title, the Indie Games Summer Uprising for the Xbox Live Indie Games Channel won't be ...

MOST students of the aspects of the heavens are familiar with the small circular planisphere having a revolving disc which can be adjusted to show the stars visible at any time of the year. The new ...