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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 ...

The discovery of an 11th-century Islamic astrolabe in Verona, Italy, has captivated historians and scientists alike. With inscriptions in both Arabic and Hebrew, it’s not just a rare artifact but a ...

The identification of an eleventh-century Islamic astrolabe bearing both Arabic and ... Federica Gigante, from Cambridge University's History Faculty, made the discoveries in a museum in Verona ...

Although perfectly familiar to the ancient Greeks ... and so it's not surprising that the oldest astrolabe to survive is an Islamic one from the tenth century. But the astrolabe I'm holding ...

Although perfectly familiar to the ancient Greeks ... and so it's not surprising that the oldest astrolabe to survive is an Islamic one from the tenth century. But the astrolabe I'm holding ...

A rare eleventh-century Islamic astrolabe has been discovered in the ... Federica Gigante at Cambridge University’s History Faculty while looking at a photo of the astrolabe uploaded newly ...