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"Our study is a reminder that the oldest chronologies must be treated with great caution," explains Sahra Talamo, professor at the University of Bologna and co-coordinator of the study.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

“Salesman” is more limber in its dramaturgy, shifting locations and blurring chronologies.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

In the wake of their headline-grabbing Vinland success, the Groningen team is tackling another alluring set of historical puzzles: “floating” chronologies, or ancient, internally consistent timelines that are untethered to specific dates.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 13, 2023

“But we don’t have complete chronologies for every species of wood.”

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2022

The major intellectual pursuit of his last years was a concordance and calibration of the chronologies of ancient civilizations, very much in the tradition of the ancient historians Manetho, Strabo and Eratosthenes.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan