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Seabed Gives Up Coin Minted 1.8K Years Ago

It's been traced back to Egypt under the rule of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius

(Newser) - Israel's Antiquities Authority said Monday it has discovered a rare 1,850-year-old bronze zodiac coin during an underwater survey off the coastal city of Haifa, reports the AP . The coin bears the image of the zodiac sign Cancer behind a depiction of the moon goddess Luna. Experts say the...

Astronomers Add New Zodiac Sign
Zodiac Gets a 13th Sign:
Ophiuchus

Zodiac Gets a 13th Sign: Ophiuchus

Say astronomers ... but some astrologers say 'who cares?'

(Newser) - Astronomers say astrologers have got it all wrong: The Zodiac as we know it has been off for thousands of years because of wobbles in the Earth's axis. Star sign dates as people know them are incorrect, according to the Minnesota Planetarium Society , and people born between Nov. 29 and...

Your 2011 Horoscope? It's Wrong
Your 2011 Horoscope?
It's Wrong

Your 2011 Horoscope? It's Wrong

Your sign isn't what you thought it was...

(Newser) - If you’re basing your plans for the coming year on astrological predictions, you might want to think again. The Zodiac was established 2,500 years ago, and the signs were based on the constellation the sun was in on a person's birth date. But in those 2,500 years,...

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