'World's oldest calendar' discovered in Scottish field

Monday, July 15, 2013 - 23:30 in Astronomy & Space

Archaeologists believe they have discovered the world's oldest lunar "calendar" in an Aberdeenshire field. Excavations of a field at Crathes Castle found a series of 12 pits which appear to mimic the phases of the moon and track lunar months. A team led by the University of B …

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