The ancient Roman alternative to daylight saving time; An hour was not a consistent unit of time. In the summer it could be as long as 75 minutes and in the winter it sometimes lasted just 45 minutes.
20
votes
Showing only topics with the tag "egypt.ancient".
Back to normal view
-
-
Thutmose II: First pharaoh's tomb found in Egypt since Tutankhamun's
23 votes -
Ahmes, the first known maths author
4 votes -
Ramses II’s long-lost sarcophagus has finally been identified
26 votes -
Why were Ancient Egyptians obsessed with cats?
11 votes -
A discovery among the mummies reveals a sick, sad truth. Parasitic worms plagued these ancient Egyptian Pharaohs.
8 votes -
Wasabi could help preserve ancient Egyptian papyrus artefacts
9 votes -
Egyptian fractions and the greedy algorithm
6 votes -
Ancient Beat - A weekly newsletter about developments in the study of the ancient world
9 votes -
2,400-year-old baskets still filled with fruit found in submerged Egyptian city
26 votes -
Intact ancient papyrus scroll uncovered in Saqqara, the first in a century
5 votes -
Ancient Egyptian tiger nut cake
5 votes -
Ancient Egyptian brewery is the oldest ever found
12 votes -
Environmental change may have played a role at the dawn of Egyptian history
10 votes -
Preserving Egypt’s layered history reveals 'stories of the restoration of diverse locations around Egypt'
5 votes -
Archaeologists discover paintings of goddess in 3,000-year-old mummy's coffin
8 votes -
Scientists synthesize the voice of 3000 year old mummy
7 votes -
4,000-year-old mummies showed early signs of heart disease
8 votes -
A conversation with the team that made bread with 4500-year-old yeast from ancient Egyptian pottery
13 votes -
The Pyramids of Giza - Chapter 1: The charlatan and the gossip
4 votes -
Untouched 4,400-year-old tomb discovered at Saqqara, Egypt
22 votes -
Ancient Egypt: Cheese discovered in 3,200-year-old tomb
7 votes