The Julian calendar began in 45 BC as a reform of the Roman calendar by Julius Caesar.
儒略历在公元前45年开始被使用,它是被凯撒大帝改良的罗马历。
Camping plunged confidently into biblical numerology: God revealed to Noah in the year 4990 BC that there would be yet 7 days until the flood of waters would be upon the earth.
康屏自信满满地让自己沉浸在圣经的数字命理学中:公元前4990年上帝启示诺亚说还有7天时间洪水就要淹没大地了。
The other is the lunar calendar. From Han Dynasty, 206 BC -220 AD, people all celebrate Spring Festival at the first day of the first lunar month every year.
中国现在用的是两种历法,一个是公元历,一个就是农历,从汉代(公元前206-公元220)开始一直到今天我们都是按照农历的正月初一来过(春节)。
A research team thinks it has solved the mystery surrounding the death of Egyptian 「boy king」 Tutankhamun, who died in about 1324 BC aged just 19.
一个调查小组宣称他们破译了埃及人「男孩国王」图坦卡蒙死亡的神秘原因,他死于公元前大约1324年,年仅19岁。
The stone monument is believed to be erected near 2500 BC though there is no concrete proof the origin.
尽管没有充分的证据,但人们相信这座石碑在公元前2500左右就被竖立起来了。
As long ago as 5000 BC the Egyptians were making a tooth powder consisting of powdered ashes of ox hooves, myrrh, powdered and burnt eggshells, and pumice.
早在公元前5000年,埃及人就在制作牙粉,其成分包含牛蹄粉灰、没药、粉状和烧焦了的蛋壳以及浮石。
Scientific wagers date back to Greece in the 5th or 6th century BC and were often a rhetorical device for thinking about a subject.
科学家打赌的历史可以追溯到公元前5、6世纪的希腊,那时打赌是一种用来刺激人们思考的手段。