In seguito alle importanti scoperte archeologiche del XIX secolo, sono state ritrovate alcune tavolette di argilla incise in caratteri cuneiformi, alcune delle quali trattavano di astronomia. ###>==Babylonian influence on Hellenistic astronomy==Many of the works of ancient Greek and Hellenistic writers (including mathematicians, astronomers, and geographers) have been preserved up to the present time, or some aspects of their work and thought are still known through later references.