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7 times a total solar eclipse revolutionized science
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 months agoClouds can block out and ruin the total solar eclipse.Laurie Ambrose/Getty Images Humans have been studying total solar eclipses for millennia to better...
The Rabbinate: Two millennia plus fifty years
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 11 months agoI begin by wishing everyone a happy Independence Day holiday and by expressing my hope that the spirit of true patriotism will inspire us to reckon with...
Archaeologists Find 5,000-Year-Old Food and Fridge in Mesopotamian Tavern
Out Traveler via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) – Eating out seems to have been as popular 5,000 years ago as it is today,...
Ancient people may have used human skulls for cups and other body parts for tools, according to a...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe opening to Cueva de los Marmoles, where many prehistoric people buried their dead for...
On this date: Two millennia later, the 3rd Punic War ends
WHTM via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCarthage, Tunisia (WHTM) In 1985, a war came to an official end – 2,131 years after its final...
Two ancient materials may help solve a modern energy dilemma
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe conductive cement could one day find its way into homes and other buildings. Storing clean...
Dozens of 2,500-year-old skeletons unearthed at ancient crossroads in Negev desert
Live Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agoTwo square tombs in the desert build with rock bricks Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed a...
Greece Is Getting Back Hundreds of Antiquities After a 17-Year Legal Battle
Robb Report via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHundreds of items are being repatriated to Greece after a 17-year legal battle with the liquidated...
Archaeologists in Peru Uncover 3,000-Year-Old Priest's Burial Site
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA team of Japanese and Peruvian archaeologists working in northern Peru’s Cajamarca region have...
Why We Have Leap Years
Time via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCredit - Lon Tweeten for TIME It would seem awfully hard to lose track of 0.24219 of a day. That not-inconsiderable amount adds up to five hours, 48...