To give your healthcare provider important information about the current status of your metabolism, including the health of your kidneys and liver as well as electrolyte and acid/base balance and levels of blood glucose and blood proteins; to monitor known conditions, such as hypertension, and to monitor the use of medications to check for any ...
Ancient Greeks. In 2008, researchers said a reference to a total eclipse was found in Homer's Odyssey, with the lines The sun has perished out of heaven, and an evil mist has overspread the world. The Ancient Greeks believed a total eclipse to be a bad omen.
The sun hits a monument known as Ad Deir, or the Monastery, in Petra, Jordan, during the winter solstice in 2007. Photograph by Katherine Kiviat, Redux. An ancient civilization built the famous, stone-hewn city of Petra so that the sun would illuminate their sacred places like celestial spotlights, a new study says.hough the results are intriguing, it's tough to prove that the Nabateans deliberately built their city with the sky in mind, noted Krupp and Aveni, who were not part of the study. For one, knowledge of Nabataean traditions and ideology is limited, mostly because the culture left very few written documents.