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August 11, 2020

Archaeologists Use Remnants of the Destruction of Jerusalem to Understand the History of the Earth’s Magnetic Field

One of the remaining mysteries of physics.

According to Albert Einstein, the changes in the planet’s magnetic field constitute one of the major unresolved problem of modern physics. Archaeological research into the Babylonians’ sacking of Jerusalem in 586 BCE could help bring scientists closer to the solving it, writes Rossella Tercatin:

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    One of the remaining mysteries of physics.