34. Better than Good

The eclipse dates recorded by the Babylonians closely match the computed dates tabulated in modern eclipse canons. Additionally, the eclipse characteristics documented in the ancient texts are generally consistent with the computed descriptions.

Historians are sometimes sanguine about their computations. They have been known to attribute an excessive scatter in computed results to inaccurate Babylonian clocks, rather than to the elusiveness of determining delta-T and other variables.