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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Humans have been around on this earth for quite a while, developing different kinds of technology since the beginning. One of these technologies is the science behind keeping time and creating ...

Stonehenge has always been shrouded in mystery. The ancient monument and burial site in southern England has been around for more than 5,000 years — but its purpose isn’t completely clear. Researchers ...

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 ...

A Pharaonic painting has vanished from Saqqara necropolis, marking another archaeological loss in Egypt. The painting, part of a mastaba tomb from the Old Kingdom, depicted the ancient Egyptian ...