'World's First Computer' May Be Even Older Than We Thought

Edit Huffington Post 02 Dec 2014
For more than a century, scientists have been scratching their heads over a strange clocklike device recovered from a shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera in 1901 ... Instead, it was probably based on arithmetical principles the Greeks borrowed from the Babylonians ... “We know so little about ancient Greek astronomy,” study co-author Dr....

Wine cup may be earliest Greek portrayal of constellations

Edit Mashable 29 Oct 2014
The study researchers suggested that other ancient artistic representations of animals may also portray constellations, and hold clues to what the early Greeks knew about astronomy, said study researcher John Barnes, a classical archaeology doctoral candidate at the University of Missouri ... Ancient Greek astronomy....

Astronomical Find: Ancient Greek Wine Cup May Show Constellations

Edit Yahoo Daily News 28 Oct 2014
The study researchers suggested that other ancient artistic representations of animals may also portray constellations, and hold clues to what the early Greeks knew about astronomy, said study researcher John Barnes, a classical archaeology doctoral candidate at the University of Missouri ... Ancient Greek astronomy....

Richard Greco, Jr. Announces Brent Scowcroft to Speak at The Montfort Academy

Edit Business Wire 26 Apr 2014
MT. VERNON, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Montfort Academy’s chairman of the board Richard Greco, Jr ... About Brent Scowcroft ... Bush ... Vernon, NY ... The Montfort Academy’s curriculum draws on thousands of years of educational tradition, offering courses in Latin, Greek, Astronomy, Debate & Rhetoric, Civics, Geography, Chivalry, Economics, and many other subjects in the sciences, mathematics, technology, literature, and history ... Col ... ....

'Arrow': An Islamic prayer and the issue of cultural prejudice

Edit Zap2it 07 Feb 2014
In the recent "Arrow" episode, an assassin takes a moment to pray before drinking poison and dying. That moment was meant to deny information to heroes Oliver Queen and Sara Lance, while simultaneously showing commitment to the League of Assassins ... Depicted in Greek astronomy as a heroic figure clutching the severed head of Medusa, Arabic-speaking astronomers of the Muslim world substituted "the demon" for the snake-headed woman ... ....
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