The forgotten medieval habit of 'two sleeps'
• https://www.bbc.com, By Zaria GorvettFor millennia, people slept in two shifts – once in the evening, and once in the morning. But why? And how did the habit disappear?
For millennia, people slept in two shifts – once in the evening, and once in the morning. But why? And how did the habit disappear?
Alchemical symbolism, mis-interperted as history? like the rise, zenith and set of the sun?