Scientists have gained a new understanding of the Aztecs’ arithmetic system from hieroglyphic tax records kept between 1540 and 1544. “I think the study is neat because it shows that this sort of math and science was pretty practical in orientation,” commented Michael Smith of Arizona State University. A Viking-age hoard of 470 silver coins […]

The British Museum is trying to raise enough money to purchase a brass astrolabe quadrant unearthed three years ago in an old inn outside the city walls of Canterbury. The astrolabe has been dated to about 1388, and is thought to have been carried as an every-day item by a cleric or merchant. Archaeologist Mark […]