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Why are there 28 days in February? Well, the Romans were a superstitious bunch
The Romans added January and February to the calendar but ran into a problem — math and superstition. Here's why February ...
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Julius Caesar: He Came, He Saw, He Conquered the Calendar and Gave Us New Year's Day
In a word, the Roman calendar was unreliable. Predicting seasonal changes, marking feast days, conducting business, and day-to-day civic governance were all made more difficult by the ...
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Question Box: Who was St. Valentine?
Q: Who was St. Valentine and why does the Church no longer observe his feast in its General Roman Calendar ...Read More ...
Past their sell-by date: the science of calendars past and present
Teymour Taj celebrates the beginning of 2025 by exploring the weird and wonderful history of calendars As 2025 rolled in, ...
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Ancient calendar reveals how Roman-era Egyptians celebrated their New Year, Wepet Renpet
In 2024, archaeologists uncovered a scene on the ceiling of the Temple of Khnum in Upper Egypt that may depict a mythological representation of the New Year when the star Sirius rises. According ...
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Why are there 28 days in February? Well, the Romans were a superstitious bunch
Prior to the Gregorian and even Julian calendars, Roman King Numa Pompilius (715-673 BC) set about creating a calendar with equal-length months, the University of Chicago said. "When Numa ...