The 585 B.C. Eclipse of Peace turned fear into ceasefire, as a solar eclipse halted war and reshaped ancient views of the ...

Spruce trees retain ancient memories of their environment and communicate with one other in the hours preceding a solar eclipse, a new international study suggests.

Such is the picture painted by a new study from archaeoastronomer Giulio Magli, who calculated that this ancient solar eclipse's path of totality coincides with a major shift in Egyptian tradition ...

The earliest recorded solar eclipse took place in 1223 BCE, etched into an ancient Mesopotamian clay tablet. In the millennia since that initial recording, cultures across the globe have ...

In ancient Mesopotamia, a solar eclipse was a cause for deep concern. The ancient peoples of the Near East feared that eclipses, especially of the sun and moon, but also of the planets ...

Ancient people often felt that they were witnessing ... Once they visit, they tend to appear again about every six months on average. A solar eclipse appears when the Moon stands between the ...

Immerse yourself in Egypt’s ancient history and vibrant landscapes on this 13-day journey, centered around the August 2 total solar eclipse, with an impressive totality of 6 minutes and 20 seconds.

"It is always difficult to establish if the eclipses were seen in the ancient past as bad omens or good omens." The date is April 1, 2471 B.C., and a total solar eclipse has forced night to fall ...