Explore the fascinating history of New Year’s resolutions, from ancient Babylonian traditions to modern-day practices.

Celebrating the New Year was a popular custom around the world in ancient times. How was it celebrated in Alexander the Great ...

From ancient Babylonian crop pledges to modern gym memberships, humanity's 4,000-year tradition of making New Year's ...

Near the end of every year, the prospect of rising from the fog of holiday hustle, bustle and feasts to contemplate how to do ...

Not every calendar sets January 1 as the start of the New Year. Different cultures often celebrate different dates as the ...

Relentlessly, time passes, the calendar advances, and nobody can guess what’s coming next. Each new year is a leap into the ...

However, according to the Babylonian calculation ... broke out when most of the Jews in Eretz Yisrael changed the calendar to fit their leader’s system and ate chametz on the last two days ...

Why do we keep making New Year’s resolutions if we so often fail to keep them? To understand this paradox, let's explore the ...

tally up trade and commerce and establish calendars. Babylonian mathematics had a base 60 number system, which we still use today to tell time — 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour.

Hanukkah is one of the most famous holidays in the Jewish calendar, but here are facts about the Festival of Lights that you ...

It stands among roughly two dozen similar tablets, all believed to be the remnants of ancient Babylonian mathematics education. The clay tablet is written in cuneiform, a writing system used in ...