In addition to an investment of $18.4 million for more than 80 McMaster researchers, the university has two new Canada Research Chairs and saw two Tier 1 chairs renewed.
Some measurements of time are based on the movement of the moon, stars or Earth. But others, like the hour, aren’t clearly connected to astronomical phenomena.
At two separate sites in Italy, groups of students and researchers have been digging up the long-buried secrets of ancient civilizations. And what they've found so far has offered both illumination and understanding — and also more questions.