Ancient vs Modern Counting Systems: The Surprising Legacy of the Babylonians ⏱️

Did you know that the Babylonians used a base-60 system to tell time and calculate angles, and that we still use this system today in our measurement of time (60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour)? In the Bible, the ancient Israelites, like many other ancient cultures, used a base-12 system to count and measure things.