Archaeologists discover world's oldest calendar that could rewrite birth of civilization

Archaeologists have discovered what is thought to be the world's oldest calendar. Another find exciting researchers is that the carvings depict a comet strike that caused a mini ice age for 1,200 years, which wiped out large animals and galvanized agricultural development and complex societies. Researchers discovered the pillar at the Göbekli Tepe archaeological site in southern Turkey which appeared to commemorate a comet strike that ushered in a mini ice age. Researchers discovered the pillar at the Göbekli Tepe archaeological site in southern Turkey The researchers discovered the solar calendar on pillars from a 12,000-year-old archaeological site According to the study, published in Time and Mind, the pillar features a disc that represents the sun and the scorpion is representative of the Greek Scorpion constellation. The Gobekli Tepe site is known as the oldest city every found, being constructed 9,600 and 8,200 BC, which predates Stonehenge by more than 6,000 years The comet fragments crashed to Earth nearly 13,000 years ago - around 10,850 BC - and wiped out several large animal species, marking the largest comet strike since the event that killed off the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.