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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...
AI is helping us read ancient Mesopotamian literature
The Conversation en Español via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh located in the The Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraq. Osama Shukir...
Key events in the Bible, such as the settlement and destruction of Jerusalem, confirmed using...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 months agoZoomed out view of a stone structure at an archeological site with other buildings surrounding it....
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...
Evidence of the first recorded romantic kiss dating back 4,500 years has been discovered
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBabylonian clay model showing a nude couple on a couch engaged in sex and kissing from 1800...
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...
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· 2 weeks agoGetty Images Claim: No one knows how the planet Earth got its name. Rating: Context: It's true that...