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One of the Ugaritic texts of the Second Millennium BC describes a total eclipse of the Sun. The date is established as 1375 BC, May 3.
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STEPHENSON, F. The Earliest Known Record of a Solar Eclipse. Nature 228, 651–652 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228651a0
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