{"id":30829,"date":"2026-04-12T08:05:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T06:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/the-genius-of-the-10th-century-she-is-the-woman-who-perfected-navigation-before-satellites\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T08:05:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T06:05:58","slug":"the-genius-of-the-10th-century-she-is-the-woman-who-perfected-navigation-before-satellites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/the-genius-of-the-10th-century-she-is-the-woman-who-perfected-navigation-before-satellites\/","title":{"rendered":"The genius of the 10th century: she is the woman who perfected navigation before satellites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dizajn-bez-naslova-2.webp\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:20px\"><\/p>\n<p>Al-\u02bfIjliyyah bint al-\u02bfIjliyy, known in the West as Maryam al-Astrulabi, was a 10th-century scientist who perfected the astrolabe, making it a key instrument for navigation, timekeeping, and astronomy. In this series &#8220;Pioneers&#8221;, TRT Balkan investigated its pioneering work and reshaped its history with the help of generative artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, long before satellites mapped the sky and smartphones could tell where you were, there was an instrument that could measure time, track the stars and guide you around the world &#8211; the astrolabe.<\/p>\n<p>A remarkable woman owned it, producing some of its best designs in the 10th century. Her name was Al-\u02bfIjliyyah bint al-\u02bfIjliyy, known in the Western world as Maryam al-Astrulabi.<\/p>\n<p>She was born in what is now Syria at a time when few women were enrolled in scientific circles.<\/p>\n<p>Her father, a skilled astrolabe master known as Al-\u02bfIjliyy, taught her not only the craft of metal shaping but also mathematics and astronomy, which were the basis of that craft.<\/p>\n<p>The astrolabe itself was a complex instrument consisting of engraved plates and rotating hands, designed to accurately map the sky. \/tesheshi.com\/<\/p>\n<p>We use cookies to improve the experience and display ads (Google AdSense).<br \/>\n          By clicking &#8220;Accept&#8221;, you agree to the use of cookies according to<br \/>\n          Privacy Policy<br \/>\n          and<br \/>\n          Cookies Policy.<br \/>\n          You can reject non-necessary cookies by clicking &#8220;Reject&#8221;.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:30px 0\">\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666\">Source: <strong>prizrenpost<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al-\u02bfIjliyyah bint al-\u02bfIjliyy, known in the West as Maryam al-Astrulabi, was a 10th-century scientist who perfected the astrolabe, making it a key instrument for navigation, timekeeping, and astronomy. In this series &#8220;Pioneers&#8221;, TRT Balkan investigated its pioneering work and reshaped its history with the help of generative artificial intelligence. In fact, long before satellites mapped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"views":25,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30831,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30829\/revisions\/30831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}