A new analysis of the carvings engraved into the ancient stones at Göbekli Tepe have revealed what may be the world’s oldest solar calendar, a system of timekeeping that, at over 12,000 years old, predates other ancient calendar systems by many thousands of years. And if that discovery isn’t sufficientlyread more
One of the world’s most ancient works of cave art appears to be even older than originally assumed, according to a new analysis of the ancient mural found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, offering profound implications regarding the cognitive and social development of one of our fellow hominids. Additionally,read more
Renowned Renaissance alchemist Tycho Brahe may have been dabbling with a rare element that was not supposed to have been formally discovered until nearly two centuries after the famous astronomer’s death, according to a new chemical analysis of artifacts recovered from the ruins of his laboratory. Although the element mayread more
Another layer of mystery surrounding the ancient computer known as the Antikythera Mechanism has been decoded using, of all things, a technique developed for analyzing gravitational waves generated by the collision of black holes as they pass through the Earth. This analysis not only settles a long-standing issue with aread more