Astronomy can often give us clues to the past ... a dramatic total solar eclipse triggered a religious crisis in ancient Egypt and led the last pharaoh of the 4th dynasty to abandon the pyramid ...

Astronomy and astrology were deeply intertwined in ancient civilizations, particularly in Egypt and Mesopotamia, where early astronomers and astrologers made profound contributions that shaped the ...

But some of the criticisms may be misguided, an expert on ancient astronomy told Live Science. Archaeologists think the oldest parts of Rujm el-Hiri (which means "Heap of Stones of the Wildcat" in ...