Carrying a compass in the backcountry is a little bit like having jumper cables in your car – they’re both pretty useless if you don’t know how to use them. My dad gave me his compass years ago, to ...

Archaeologists were shocked to find out who a recently discovered 500-year-old compass belongs to. Daily Express US. Archaeologists find ancient compass - but can't believe its potential owner.

Primarily, the compass was used for geomancy for a long time before it was used for navigation Ancient Chinese alchemists realized that the magnetite ore would point towards a magnetic north. Their ...

The earth's magnetic field is of more than passing interest to science. The field is generated by a dynamo located in the outer core, thus measuring the dynamics of the magnetic field allows us to ...

TEHRAN -- Archaeological studies on some engravings on rocks on Khark Island have identified them as a compass and ancient game boards. The engravings are between 2000 and 3000 years old, ...

IN bringing together this collection of tales Miss Fleming has cast her net wide. Japan, China, India, North America, Egypt, Mesopotamia, ancient Greece, and the British Isles, to name only some ...