This book offers perspectives on the interplay between short-term timekeeping technologies and their social contexts in ancient Egypt, Babylon, Greece, and Rome. It explores the origins of the "hour" as a temporal unit and illuminates timekeeping activities in antiquity.
This book offers perspectives on the interplay between short-term timekeeping technologies and their social contexts in ancient Egypt, Babylon, Greece, and Rome. It explores the origins of the "hour" as a temporal unit and illuminates timekeeping activities in antiquity.
Kassandra J. Miller, Ph.D. (2017), University of Chicago, is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics at Bard College. She has published articles and book chapters on ancient Greek and Roman timekeeping, medicine, and magic. Sarah L. Symons, Ph.D. (1999), University of Leicester, is an Associate Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Science, McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. She has published book chapters, papers, and popular articles on ancient Egyptian astronomy and timekeeping. Contributors are: Alexander Jones, Anja Wolkenhauer, Alexandra von Lieven, Stephan Heilen, James Ker, Barbara Sattler, John Steele, Anette Schomberg.
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