Recordings
Oldest known recording, dated to 32,000 BC
What is an engraved mammoth tusk
One of the oldest known societies, located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
This structure is the largest and one of the only remaining monuments found in modern day England
What is Stonehenge
Two natural philosophers who used their findings to determine how to lead "good" lives
Plato and Aristotle
The father of modern day scientific theory
Galileo Galilei
Recordings of the position of the Sun and Moon, still used today
What are calendars
An ancient society connected to located near Mesopotamia, used a base 60 numbering system
Found on top of the mountain, this city had a stone called Intihuatana which pointed in the four cardinal directions
What is Machu Pichu
This astronomer was Chief Librarian at the Library of Alexandria who calculated the tilt of the Earth's axis
Who is Eratothenes
This person was not the first to describe a heliocentric model of the universe, but he is credited with expanding upon the idea
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus
70 Babylonian stone tablets engraved with astronomical recordings
What are the Enuma Anu Enlil
This ancient society was found in modern day India and created star catalogues
This culture built pyramids, the greatest being Chichen Itza
What is the Mayan culture
For 1000 years this person's work was considered the to be the basis of all astronomy
A Danish astronomer known for rigorous data collection and losing his nose in a duel
Tyhco Brahe
This stone tablet recorded the position of Venus for a period of 21 years
What is the Venus Tablet
These cultures were found around the Mediterranean Sea and included the Greeks, the Romans and Egyptians
What are the Hellenistic societies
This structure was built to line up with the equinox so that the Sun rests on its shoulder at sunset
Great Sphinx
Author of the Aryabatiya who created a computational system based on the Earth's rotation
Who is Aryabhata
Johannes Kepler
Collections of Claudius Ptolemy's works
What is the Almagest
This society was ruled by King Nabonassar from 747 BC - 733 BC
What is the Babylonian society
A small device that was equivalent to 18th century clocks, found in an ancient shipwreck
Antikythera Mechanism
Seleucus of Seleucia
Modern day astronomer, director of the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City
Neil DeGrasse Tyson