The Warwick Manufacturing Group, an academic department at the University of Warwick, is usually concerned with the future. Its researchers use high-resolution lasers and 3D visualizations to create ...

The astrolabe is a rare and highly sophisticated navigational tool. David L. Mearns – Blue Water Recoveries Ltd. In 2014, a team of archaeologists discovered the sunken remains of a 500-year-old ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. More than 500 years ago, a fierce storm sank a ship carrying the earliest known marine astrolabe ...

Archaeologists have discovered what they believe is the world’s oldest example of an ‘Astrolabe’ - an early navigational tool that was used by sailors during the 15th Century. Used by sailors to ...