Also known as the “Seven Sisters,” the striking cluster has long been used as an important seasonal marker and appears high ...

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The team looked for an explanation as to why the myth involved a seventh bright star, visible to the naked eye. Running ...

“A bird that has a lifetime of experience with novelty will probably desensitize to a scarecrow faster,” Friedman explains.

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At The Met, “Divine Egypt” brings a 3,000-year pantheon of gods to life through sculpture, relief, and sacred art.

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5th century BC. The Persian Achaemenid Empire, established half a century earlier under Cyrus the Great, stretched from Northern India to Southeast Europe. The Achaemenid Empire controlled a vast area ...