By Ralph E. Phillips, HMNS Docent I can’t seem to get enough time … that is to say I keep thinking and digging into our concept of time. Why are there 60 minutes in an hour instead of 100? Why 60 seconds in a minute? Why 7 days in week? What would “Metric time” […]
By Ralph Phillips, HMNS Docent Our modern concept of time is mainly societal and artificial. A few of our units of time derive from natural cycles, but many are totally arbitrary. Our day is defined as one cycle of light and dark … but starting where? Our “official” day goes from midnight to […]
The week is finally over! While only five days long, the workweek can certainly feel like an eternity. Which got me thinking (as many things do) about how the Egyptians measured time and thought about eternity. Barely an inch in height, this small hammered gold object depicts a man kneeling, wearing a knee-length pleated linen […]
