Oldest Known Map Of The Stars Found Hidden Inside A Medieval Manuscript
While search over photos of an ancient ms during the COVID-19 lockdown , a historian discovered what is thought to be the oldest known mathematical function of the stars hidden beneath a medieval Christian school text . The map may in fact be the study of Greek astronomer Hipparchus ( 190 - 120 BCE ) , who map the stars 100 before any other known attempts , and whose long - lost Star Catalogue has been searched for for centuries ....