One of the most intriguing mysteries lies in the Intihuatana stone. Archaeologists believe it functioned as an astronomic ...

Wepet Renpet was intrinsically linked to the heliacal rising of Sirius, which heralded the summer solstice and the annual ...

Ethiopia, Africa's oldest independent country and the second largest in terms of population is a country rich in history, ...

For most of us on the island, the clocks and calendars have all changed and we have moved from 2024 to 2025, whether you say ...

Wang Zhenzhong, founder of the museum and owner of a local handicraft factory, was born into a fishing family in 1977. Both ...

marking the start of the farming season — was based on the Babylonian calendar, said Dr. Louisa McKenzie, an art historian, ...

The ancient Egyptians celebrated the new year ... three of these festivals in a single year. When the Egyptian calendar was created around 4,800 years ago, Wepet Renpet was close to the summer ...

January 1 marks the beginning of a new year for most of the world. However, it was not always the case. Let’s take a look at the history of various calendars and their different new years ...

The new calendar issued by the pontiff, the Gregorian calendar, is now 13 days ahead of the ancient Roman system. Some Orthodox Christians kept using the ancient calendar. This means that their 25 ...