Metropolitan Digital

Men's Weekly


.

Why are there seven days in a week?

  • Written by Kristin Heineman, Instructor in History, Colorado State University
Why are there seven days in a week?Your calendar dates back to Babylonian times. Aleksandra Pikalova/Shutterstock.comWhy are there seven days in a week?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.

Why are there seven days in a week? – Henry E., age 8, Somerville, Massachusetts

Waiting for the weekend...

Read more: Why are there seven days in a week?

More Articles ...

  1. Weinstein jurors must differentiate between consent and compliance – which research shows isn't easy
  2. Large turnouts for Soleimani’s funeral in Iran carry powerful collective emotions – just as Americans saw during the colonial era
  3. Killing of Soleimani evokes dark history of political assassinations in the formative days of Shiite Islam
  4. Why some public universities get to keep their donors secret
  5. The made-up crisis behind the state takeover of Houston's public schools
  6. We're living in the bizarre world that Flaubert envisioned
  7. Your blood type may influence your vulnerability to norovirus, the winter vomiting virus
  8. Why we are hard-wired to worry, and what we can do to calm down
  9. 3D printing of body parts is coming fast – but regulations are not ready
  10. Matching Vietnamese brides with Chinese men, marriage brokers find good business – and sometimes love
Metropolitan republishes selected articles from The Conversation USA with permission

Visit The Conversation to see more