Babylonian bricks provide clues to ancient Earth's magnetic field

Clay bricks from the building projects of ancient kings recorded a historical “map” of changes in the Earth’s magnetic field, a new study has found. About 3,000 years ago, for reasons that aren’t well understood, the Earth’s magnetic field suddenly spiked in power above what is now modern Iraq. And when it did, that change…

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