Cambridge University researchers have pinpointed the date of what could be the oldest solar eclipse yet recorded. The event, which occurred on October 30, 1207 BC, is mentioned in the Bible, and could help historians to date Egyptian pharaohs. “Solar eclipses are often used as a fixed point to date events in the ancient world,” …

India being a land of cultural and spiritual diversity uphold a multitude of god and goddesses and their holy shrines. Temples can be found locally everywhere in India which seems to sustain the traditions and beliefs of our diversified India. There are some weird and mysterious temples of India that were built more than 2000 …

Well-known Israeli historian and humanist Yair Auron will speak at the National Center for Armenian Remembrance, in Décines-Charpieu commune of Lyon, France, informed the official website of this center. Auron will deliver remarks on the occasion of the French-language publication of his book, entitled Israel and the Armenian Genocide. This work complements his previous book, …

Every traveler who has experienced the joys of jet lag has probably wondered at least once, “Why can’t the time be the same everywhere in the world?” (Here are some tricks for taking the edge off of jet lag.) Alas, thanks to forces very much out of our control—namely, the rotation of the Earth—different parts …

As you could imagine, telling time was much harder before 1656, when the first mechanical clock was invented. People used sundials, water clocks, candle clocks, timesticks, pendulums, and hourglasses among other timekeeping inventions. With so many different ways to tell time, there were also different hours. According to dictionary.com, noon hasn’t always meant 12 p.m. …