A total solar eclipse may have ended Egypt’s 4th dynasty

Astronomy can often give us clues to the past that are otherwise lost to history. In one case, an Italian astronomer has proposed that a dramatic total solar eclipse triggered a religious crisis in ancient Egypt and led the last pharaoh of the 4th dynasty to abandon the pyramid-building of his ancestors. Related: The greatestContinue reading “A total solar eclipse may have ended Egypt’s 4th dynasty”
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