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12,000-year-old site may be the world’s first calendar

Scientists have uncovered a 12,000-year-old monument that may represent humanity’s oldest calendar, a groundbreaking ...

But just how, exactly, did it track time?

Carvings on a 12,000-year-old monument in Turkey appear to mark solar days and years, making it possibly the oldest solar ...
The Spokesman-Review

Ancient calendar, recently discovered, may document long-ago disaster

News Nation/World Ancient calendar, recently discovered, may document long-ago disaster Aug. 10, 2024 Updated Sat., Aug. 10, 2024 at 9:05 p.m. T-Shaped pillars are seen at the Gobekli Tepe archaeology ...
Ahram Online

Republished - Egypt: Three calendars of identity

This feature, republished for the Coptic New Year, explores Egypt’s Pharaonic, Coptic, and Islamic calendars as novelist Ibrahim Abdel-Meguid reflects on the ancient calendar’s survival as both a ...
KHON2

UH research team finds ancient Hawaiian calendar system

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A new study has uncovered that Hapaialiʻi Heiau – an ancient Hawaiian religious site – served as a sophisticated seasonal calendar. The research, published in Waka Kuaka, highlights ...
Miami Herald

Ancient shrine was a ‘sophisticated seasonal calendar’ in Hawaii. Here’s how it worked

The heiau, as it’s known in Hawaiian, was reconstructed in 2007 and dates to the early to mid 15th century, according to a Feb. 24 news release from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Researchers ...