Thanks for your informative piece on the Roman numerals on the Tomb of the Unknowns. Now can you explain to me why the 4 on my watch is denominated by IIII instead of IV, a fact I had not noticed ...

Roman numerals are, by modern standards, a bit unusual. By virtue of using designations for both 5 and 10, and not scaling well to higher numbers, they’ve fallen out of favor outside of some specific ...

The two iconic cast bronze clocks that hang on what once was Marshall Field’s on State Street were getting a long overdue makeover Wednesday morning. At the corners of Washington and State and ...

On the north side of Route 6 in Plymouth, on the edge of the town green, sits the First Congregational Church of Plymouth. The church’s front gable is adorned with an elegant, Roman-numeral clock dial ...

Mixed views have ensued over the newly rehabilitated clock at the renowned Blantyre Clock Tower with Roman numeral five on the multi-million kwacha clock appearing upside down. Clock tower in Blantyre ...

Roman numerals, an ancient numbering system, persist in modern contexts like film credits and architecture. This system uses seven symbols with specific values, employing repetition and position to ...

In a sunlit room in Anchorage on a recent afternoon, high school students from all over the state were painting, gluing and covering wood with resin. Round handmade clocks dotted the table, each ...