A sundial discovered outside a tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings may be one of the world's oldest ancient Egyptian sundials, scientists say. Dating to the 19th dynasty, or the 13th century B.C., the ...

What it tells us about the past: In the shadow of Vesuvius, archaeologists discovered a pocket-sized bronze sundial in the shape of a ham in the summer of 1755. Nearly overlooked amidst the statues ...

Using NASA data and new computer simulations, researchers say they've discovered how the sun would have lined up with an Egyptian obelisk and the famed Ara Pacis in ancient Rome. The Ara Pacis, or ...

A very rare medieval pocket sundial has been discovered at an archaeological dig in Germany. Students at Marburg University had been excavating the site of a church in the town, when they found the ...

An ancient sundial estimated to be approximately 1,000 years old has been found at the Ani Archaeological Site in Kars, Turkey. Discovered during excavations in 2021 in the bath area of Ani, the ...

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A year after a huge explosion leveled Beirut’s port, the National Museum has reopened, and its Phoenician timepiece is on display. By Melanie Abrams The National Museum of Beirut has only one ancient ...