Taurus (constellation) is a white, spectral class B7 III giant star known as "El Nath", which comes from the Arabic phrase "the butting", as in butting by the horns of the bull. At magnitude 1.65, it is the second brightest star in the constellation, and shares the border with the neighboring constellation of Auriga. As a result, it also bears the designation Gamma Aurigae. Zeta Tauri (the proper name is "Tianguan") is an eclipsing binary star that completes an orbit every 133 days. A degree to the northwest of ζ Tauri is the Crab Nebula (M1), a supernova remnant. This expanding nebula
Motya Charioteer Motya Charioteer The Motya or Mozia Charioteer is a marble statue from the Classical Period. It was found in October 1979 on the island of Motya (), a Phoenician settlement off the coast of Sicily. It is now held in the Museo Giuseppe Whitaker (inv. no. 4310) on the same island. The Motya Charioteer was discovered in the northeast sector of the island of Motya, while archeologists were excavating an open area between an ancient potters' workshop and a sanctuary. The area was filled with rubble and dirt that may have once formed barricades erected during Dionysius I of Syracuse's