May 3, 1375 B.C.E.: The Ugarit eclipse

In 1948, a clay tablet was unearthed in the ruins of the ancient city of Ugarit, in modern Syria. On the tablet was inscribed an account of a solar eclipse, describing the Sun going down in the sixth hour of the day; today, it is among the oldest known records of an eclipse. For manyContinue reading “May 3, 1375 B.C.E.: The Ugarit eclipse”

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