It's the #SpringEquinox in the northern hemisphere, when day and night are equal.
Welcome the #firstdayofspring with this lovely Roman fresco of Flōra, the goddess of the flowering of plants and of the season of spring. From the Villa of Ariadne, Stabiae in Italy.
Welcome the #firstdayofspring with this lovely Roman fresco of Flōra, the goddess of the flowering of plants and of the season of spring. From the Villa of Ariadne, Stabiae in Italy.
The Spring Equinox is mentioned in this 3,000-year-old cuneiform tablet from ancient Mesopotamia.
'On the 6th of Nisan (I) the day and the night were in balance: 6 'double-hours' of daylight, 6 'double-hours' of night. cdli.ucla.edu/search/search_…
'On the 6th of Nisan (I) the day and the night were in balance: 6 'double-hours' of daylight, 6 'double-hours' of night. cdli.ucla.edu/search/search_…
The tablet was part of the library of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria. Reports were given to him by officials and scholars.
This is a fragment of a Neo-Assyrian clay tablet with depictions of constellations. It represents the night sky of 3-4 January 650 BC over Nineveh.
This is a fragment of a Neo-Assyrian clay tablet with depictions of constellations. It represents the night sky of 3-4 January 650 BC over Nineveh.
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