Carvings on a 12,000-year-old monument in Turkey appear to mark solar days and years, making it possibly the oldest solar calendar in ancient civilization. Marking a massive comet strike as the start, ...

Markings on a stone pillar at a 12,000 year-old archaeological site in Turkey likely represent the world’s oldest solar calendar, created as a memorial to a devastating comet strike, experts suggest.

Researchers believe they have uncovered theoldest solar calendar in human history. It is supposedly a 12,000-year-old monument found in Göbekli Tepe, southern Turkey. Its existence has been known for ...

At first glance, the V-shaped symbols carved onto the pillars at Gobekli Tepe — an archaeological site in southern Turkey — don’t look like much compared to the adjacent animal shapes depicting the ...

For as long as humans have existed, they’ve looked up at the stars. Whether searching for prophecy or navigational guidance, humans have assigned meaning to stars’ location and illumination in the ...

Researchers previously thought the calendar ring on the Antikythera mechanism tracked the ancient Egyptian calendar, but new research suggests it tracked the Greek lunar calendar instead. When you ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Carvings on a 12,000-year-old monument in Turkey appear to mark solar days and years, making it possibly the oldest solar calendar in ancient ...