Widely believed to be the oldest temple in the world, Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Türkiye dates back a whopping 12,000 years ...

These reforms were implemented around 45 BCE, roughly a year before his death, and came to be known as the Julian calendar. The revamped system had 365 days, with a leap year added every four years, ...

The purpose is to keep it aligned with the Earth's orbit around the sun. The Gregorian calendar has 365 days in a year, however the Earth's orbit around the sun takes 365.2425 days which is ...

This correction was later found to be an overestimation of the year by 11 minutes and 14 seconds, amounting to 5.1204 days in 400 years. A course correction was brought about: to drop three days in ...