{"id":307215,"date":"2024-08-13T19:00:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T13:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=307215"},"modified":"2024-08-13T19:00:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T13:30:40","slug":"lunisolar-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/lunisolar-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunisolar calendar\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source-<\/strong> This post on lunisolar calendar has been created based on the article &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/science\/ancient-calendar-possibly-worlds-oldest-found-could-it-document-a-long-ago-disaster\/articleshow\/112438625.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ancient calendar, possibly world&#8217;s oldest, found: Could it document a long-ago disaster?<\/a>\u201d published in \u201cTimes of India<strong>\u201d<\/strong> on 13 August 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Why in News?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recently, scientists have discovered what is believed to be the earliest known lunisolar calendar.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">About the lunisolar calendar<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-112438635%2Cimgsize-1736011%2Cwidth-400%2Cresizemode-4\/112438635.jpg?resize=400%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ancient calendar\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> TOI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1. Site of the discovery:<\/strong> The calendar has been discovered at <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">G\u00f6bekli Tepe<\/span>. It is an ancient site in southern Turkey. The site is known for its temple-like enclosures, and this discovery adds to its significance as one of the most important archaeological sites in the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2. Significance of the Calendar: <\/strong>The calendar documents a <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">significant astronomical event<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a comet impact that occurred around 13,000 years ago<\/span>. This event is believed to have had a profound effect on Earth, possibly triggering a 1,200-year ice age and leading to the extinction of many large animals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3. Carvings on the Pillars: \u00a0<\/strong>The pillars at G\u00f6bekli Tepe contain detailed carvings, including <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">V-shaped markings<\/span>. Scientists suggests that these carvings record the date and story of the comet fragments that struck Earth around 10,850 BC. The <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">V-shaped symbols are thought to represent days in a lunisolar calendar<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>4. Cultural and Historical Impact:<\/strong> The carvings suggest that ancient people were <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">capable of observing and recording the movements of the sun<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">moon<\/span>, and <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">constellations<\/span>, marking seasonal changes and significant events.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPSC Syllabus: Science and technology<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source- This post on lunisolar calendar has been created based on the article &#8220;Ancient calendar, possibly world&#8217;s oldest, found: Could it document a long-ago disaster?\u201d published in \u201cTimes of India\u201d on 13 August 2024. Why in News? Recently, scientists have discovered what is believed to be the earliest known lunisolar calendar. About the lunisolar calendar&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/lunisolar-calendar\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lunisolar calendar\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212],"tags":[11872,10496],"class_list":["post-307215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}