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How 3,000-year-old Babylonian tablets help scientists unravel one of the weirdest mysteries in space
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBabylonian Brick; Earth's Magnetic Field Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Slemani Museum...
Babylon's Ishtar Gate may have a totally different purpose than we thought, magnetic field...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Ishtar Gate of Babylon as seen at the Pergamon Museum in Germany. Babylon's bright-blue Ishtar...
Babylonian bricks provide clues to ancient Earth’s magnetic field
The Hill via Yahoo News· 6 months agoClay bricks from the building projects of ancient kings recorded a historical “map” of changes in...
‘After 1177 B.C.’ Review: How the Bronze Age Turned Iron
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoBOOKSHELF The Bronze Age in the Near East and Aegean region began around 3000 B.C. It peaked in the...
Ken Baker: Why 24 hours to the day and 60 minutes to an hour?
The News-Messenger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoInventor of the clock: "There will be 12 numbers on the face of the clock." Your average citizen: So...
Cryptic lost Canaanite language decoded on 'Rosetta Stone'-like tablets
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe tablets were found in Iraq about 30 years ago. Scholars started studying them in 2016 and...
Why Saturday Night Live 's Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer was the perfect Phil Hartman showcase
Entertainment Weekly via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDating back to nearly the dawn of man, satire has existed. As far back as 426 BC, the comic...
Drunk astronomers, monsters and red underwear: New book explores the myth and folklore of eclipses
CNN via AOL· 6 months agoAn ancient Chinese story tells of two court astronomers, Hsi and Ho, who got drunk and failed to...
Fact Check: About the Claim That No One Knows How Earth Got Its Name
Snopes via Yahoo News· 1 week agoGetty Images Claim: No one knows how the planet Earth got its name. Rating: Context: It's true that...
Why kids make the best amateur fossil hunters
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoa child exploring dinosaur bones What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if...