Wepet Renpet was intrinsically linked to the heliacal rising of Sirius, which heralded the summer solstice and the annual ...

Do you know that there was a year that lasted 445 days?46 BCE was the longest year ever recorded, lasting 445 days, 80 days more than a usual year.A year is defined by the Earth’s orbit around the Sun ...

Oxford University study finds that lead pollution may have reduced intelligence levels by two to three points during the Pax ...

Certain Eastern Orthodox churches, including those in Russia, follow the ancient Julien calendar, which runs 13 days later ...

January 1 marks the beginning of a new year for most of the world. However, it was not always the case. Let’s take a look at the history of various calendars and their different new years ...

Goodbye 2024! As the calendar turned to January 1, the world welcomed the year 2025 with new resolutions and hope. The year ...

There are plenty of rules to follow to make sure good fortune doesn’t slip away in the new year. Here's what to know.

The timing of the festival and beginning of the Babylonians' new year — which also sometimes occurred in March, marking the ...

It was no easy task as Caesar ended up giving us the longest year in history of 445 days based on the advice of an astronomer. As well as Mercedonius, he added two other months, one of 33 days and ...

The Romans named the first month of their lunar calendar year January after the Roman god Janus, who supposedly was the god of time and also the god of beginnings and transitions. According to ...

Its Teatro dell’Opera—which performs in the Teatro Costanzi, a magnificent edifice restored in the Art Deco style by, so a chiseled plaque above the proscenium tells us, Benito Mussolini—opens late in ...