It was here that they discovered a 500-year-old compass just like the one Copernicus is often depicted holding. “This astounding find takes us back to the era when Copernicus made his ...

Members of Warminska Grupa Eksploracyjna or Warmian Exploration Group, an amateur archaeology organization in Poland, discovered a 500-year-old compass that may have belonged to Renaissance ...

Earliest records show a spoon shaped compass made of lodestone or magnetite ore, referred to as a "South-pointer" dating back to sometime during the Han Dynasty (2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE).

Digging into the soil, archaeologists found a small metal artifact identified as a 16th century compass, or measuring tool, the museum said in an Aug. 4 Facebook post. →1,000-year-old Maya ruins ...

A 500-year-old discovery of a compass has been linked back to Nicolaus Copernicus - a Polish astronomer who proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system in the 1500s. This model ...

The 500-year-old compass is a two-pronged metal device that scientists used for precise measurements in cartography, geometry and astronomy. When you purchase through links on our site ...

It was here that they discovered a 500-year-old compass just like the one Copernicus is often depicted holding. “This astounding find takes us back to the era when Copernicus made his ...

Credit: Warmińska Grupa Eksploracyjna Archaeologists in Poland have discovered a 500-year-old compass that may have belonged to Nicolaus Copernicus, who is most famous for his heliocentric model ...

It was here that they discovered a 500-year-old compass just like the one Copernicus is often depicted holding. GraphicaArtis//Getty Images An engraved portrait circa 1850 of Copernicus ...

It was here that they discovered a 500-year-old compass just like the one Copernicus is often depicted holding. “This astounding find takes us back to the era when Copernicus made his revolutionary ...