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Derek J. de Solla Price (1922–1983) with a model of the Antikythera mechanism. Captain Dimitrios Kontos (Δημήτριος Κοντός) and a crew of sponge divers from Symi island discovered the Antikythera wreck in early 1900, and recovered artefacts during the first expedition with the Hellenic Royal Navy, in 1900–01. [32]
The Egyptian Hieroglyphs Unicode block has 94 standardized variants defined to specify rotated signs: [3] [4]. Variation selector-1 (VS1) (U+FE00) can be used to rotate 40 signs by 90°:
Star catalogues were compiled by many different ancient people, including the Babylonians, Greeks, Chinese, Persians, and Arabs. They were sometimes accompanied by a star chart for illustration. Most modern catalogues are available in electronic format and can be freely downloaded from space agencies' data centres .
3000 BC: Receipt in Ancient Mesopotamia [166] 3000 BC – 2800 BC: Prosthesis first documented in the Ancient Near East, in ancient Egypt and Iran, specifically for an eye prosthetics, the eye found in Iran was likely made of bitumen paste that was covered with a thin layer of gold. [167] 3000 BC – 2500 BC: Rhinoplasty in Egypt. [168] [169]
The river plays a certain role in Mesopotamian mythology and Assyro-Babylonian religion, associated with the Sumerian paradise and heroes and deities such as Gilgamesh, Enlil, Enki and Ninlil. [4] The Hubur was suggested to be between the twin peaks of Mount Mashu to the east in front of the gates of the netherworld.
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Starlight is the light emitted by stars. [1] It typically refers to visible electromagnetic radiation from stars other than the Sun , observable from Earth at night , although a component of starlight is observable from Earth during daytime .