Explore the captivating journey of ancient Greek astronomy in which mythological tales and mathematical precision mix together.

Evidence suggests ancient civilizations, including the Greeks, may have had early optical knowledge and devices like ...

Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy, who lived in Egypt, built upon Babylonian knowledge in his geocentric model of the universe. This model, which placed the Earth at the center of the universe ...

Claudius Ptolemy was a Greek mathematician, astronomer and geographer who lived in the Egyptian city of Alexandria while under the rule of the Roman Empire. Much of medieval astronomy and ...