The discovery was made by the Egyptian archaeological mission of ... and skill" of the ancient Egyptians' abilities to study astronomy. For their time, the Egyptians were highly advanced when ...

One key figure in Egyptian astronomy was Imhotep (c. 2650 BCE), a polymath who is often regarded as the first architect and physician, though his contributions to astronomy are debated.

According to the Ancient Egyptian Astronomy Database, most of the diagonal star tables found in the past have been found in coffins made in the early Middle Kingdom around 2000 BC. The diagonal ...

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 ...