As Iranians celebrate the Persian New Year, explore the fascinating calendars still used around the world—shaped by sun, moon ...
Widely believed to be the oldest temple in the world, Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Türkiye dates back a whopping 12,000 years. Ever since archaeologists first surveyed the site in 1963, researchers ...
Other calendars around the world have their own ways of keeping time. The Jewish calendar, which is regulated by both the Moon and the Sun, is like a big puzzle with a 19-year cycle. Every now and ...
The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia calls on Muslims to sight the moon to signal both the beginning and the end of Ramadan. The ...