Over thousands of years, various cultures have developed calendars based on astronomical observations, leading to diverse ...

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The four brightest planets are still afoot. Venus and Saturn dot the southwestern sky at dusk, while Jupiter and Mars join ...

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A lyre in a treasure-laden royal tomb discovered in Mesopotamia is the earliest stringed instrument ever found. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Many known languages, for example, have no words for numerals above 2 or 3. A linguist who curated a database of the world’s ...

Geewananda Gunawardana It is encouraging that the piece on agnotology and ethnicity (The Island December 4, 2024) elicited an ...

Store windows are decorated, new year collections are on the shelves, and new year holiday or entertainment plans are already ...

The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” Cassandra quotes below a poet she never could enjoy – Alfred ...

The monument was built during a period of immigration from mainland Europe, and it may been intended to unify communities ...

in Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, and draws on the heritage of the first ancient Church of the East, the one that brought Christianity to Persia, India, and China. Its origins go back to the ...