A stele of Babylonian king Nabonidus found at Ur showing Nabonidus and symbols for the Moon and Sun including a simple winged sun symbol inspired by a birdlike pattern that's perceivable in the Sun's corona during some total solar eclipses
Sequential photo of an annular eclipse
Composite photo of the July 1 1991 total solar eclipse
NASA Eclipse Atlas map of total and annular solar eclipse paths from 560 BCE to 540 BCE
Nabonidus' devotion to the #Babylonian Moon god Sin might have something to do with 1 #TotalSolarEclipse, & 2 #AnnularEclipses occurring above #Mesopotamia during his reign.
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#AnnularEclipse: 559 BCE
#TotalEclipse: 557 BCE
Annular eclipse: 542 BCE
#Eclipsology