Oldest Calendar In The World

The calendar's preoccupation with day, night, and seasonal changes may have sparked anew with a world-changing comet strike, one that experts believed occurred in roughly 10,850 B.C. and helped

The Yoruba people of West Africa have one of the oldest recorded calendars in human history. It is one of the oldest verified calendar systems in the world used by a continuing culture. Known as Kojoda, the Yoruba calendar dates back over 10,067 years as of 2025, meaning its origin can be traced to approximately 8042 BCE.

A Mesolithic monument in Aberdeenshire, dating back to 8,000 BC, mimics the phases of the Moon and the Midwinter Sunrise to track lunar months and seasons. This is the earliest example of a luni-solar device and suggests that hunter gatherers had the need and sophistication to measure time.

Archaeologists at Gbekli Tepe, an ancient site in Turkey, have discovered the world's oldest calendar, dating back nearly 13,000 years. Carvings on stone pillars reveal a sophisticated solar

Researchers may have discovered what they say is the world's oldest calendar tracking the movements of the moon and the sun in today's Turkey. to count a solar calendar of 365 days on one

Archaeology World's oldest star chart may be 2,300 years old Carvings chiseled into a large stone pillar in Turkey nearly 13,000 years ago may be the world's oldest sun-and-moon calendar, a

UK archaeologists discover 365 quotVquot symbols etched on a pillar at the ancient site in Turkey, representing days and months. The calendar also shows a comet strike that triggered a mini-ice age and shaped human civilisation.

An ancient archaeological site in southern Turkey, known as Gbekli Tepe, is now in the spotlight once again as researchers propose that it may house the world's oldest known solar calendar. Estimated to be around 12,000 years old , this discovery hints at surprisingly advanced knowledge of astronomical cyclesreshaping our understanding

UK archaeologists discover a timekeeping system carved onto a pillar around 12,000 years ago, combining solar and lunar cycles. The calendar also shows a comet strike that triggered a mini ice age and a new religion.

Archaeologists have discovered the world's oldest calendar showing the sun and moon. It's carved into a large stone pillar at Gbekli Tepe, a famous archaeological site in southern Turkey. This exciting discovery, detailed in a study published on July 24 in Time and Mind, gives us new information about how early humans kept track of time.