With this discovery, researchers are ready to go even further back.
, despite there being no tangible proof of its existence. The study of a palimpsest manuscript that was initially uncovered at the Greek Orthodox St. Catherine's Monastery and is now in possession of the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., served as the foundation for the project.The researchers saw that the printed text had been placed over previously scraped-away text, enabling for reuse—a frequent technique at the time.
Hipparchus was created in Nicaea, Bithynia, and most likely passed away on the Greek island of Rhodes. Between 162 and 127 BC, he is known to have been a practicing astronomer.He was the first to develop precise and quantitative models for the movements of the Sun and Moon.
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