Study establishes historical shifts in weekday names using archaeological and astrological evidence, suggesting a three-day displacement.
This study establishes that the names of the days of the week underwent a chronological shift in history, resulting in an apparent three-day displacement relative to the ancient perspective of naming days according to the celestial body governing the first hour of nightfall. We present: 1) Archaeological evidence (Pompeii graffito dated February 6, 60 CE); 2) Babylonian-Greek-Roman astrological origins of weekday names and their order based on the ruling celestial body at dusk; 3) Coptic Easter letters by Bishop Athanasius showing two distinct naming systems for days. 4) Empirical evidence of chronological displacement found in 3 milestones of Roman and Jewish history (Captures of Jerusalem in 63 BC, 36 BC, and 70 AD).
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