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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...
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...
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,...
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...
Lines through history: uncovering the secrets of lost Roman roads
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere has never been a better time for lovers of Roman roads – those seeking, and seeking to...
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...
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...
Greece Is Getting Back Hundreds of Antiquities After a 17-Year Legal Battle
Robb Report via Yahoo News· 12 months agoHundreds of items are being repatriated to Greece after a 17-year legal battle with the liquidated...
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...
V&A to exhibit four ancient carved stones from Yemen found in London shop
Press Association News via AOL· 8 months agoThe Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) is set to exhibit four ancient carved stones which were found in...
