In 2024, archaeologists uncovered a scene on the ceiling of the Temple of Khnum in Upper Egypt that may depict a mythological ...

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Fresh research about ripples in the fabric of spacetime suggests a nearly 2,000-year-old cosmic calculator followed the lunar calendar instead of the solar one. The hand-powered "Antikythera mechanism ...

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 ...

Stonehenge is an astonishingly complex monument, which attracts attention mostly for its spectacular megalithic circle and “horseshoe”, built around 2600 BC. Over the years, several theories have been ...

Nowadays, people ring in the new year with fireworks, parties, and lots of champagne. These festivities may be what's popular in modern times, but they were also practiced in ancient ones, too. Like ...

An artwork depicting the seasons of the ancient Egyptian calendar has gone missing from the famed Egyptian necropolis of Saqqara. A British mission working in the tomb discovered that the piece had ...

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TORONTO (CTV Network) — Stonehenge’s purpose has long been a mystery, with some researchers proposing that it may have been an ancient solar calendar. But now, new analysis suggests the calendar ...