Astronomy
The Ghost of the Atolls: How the Maldives’ Mythic Navigators Read the Ocean with Their Senses
Myth and Reality of The Great Navigator of Maldives
Sun to Align Directly Above Ka’aba Today
Astronomers have announced that a rare celestial event in which the Sun will be positioned directly overhead will coincide with this year’s Day of Arafah. The phenomenon, considered uncommon from an astronomical perspective, occurs only once every 33 years in alignment with Arafah Day. The last time it happened was during the 1993 Day of…