Keep reading for some fun facts about timekeeping throughout the world’s history. 1. The First Measuring of Time Appeared in 2700 B.C. Keeping track of time is a very complex task, and calendars weren ...

Over the course of centuries, a calendar with no leap years would eventually become totally out of sync with the seasons as we know them. Let’s see what would happen. Leap years exist because we ...

Over time, the Sumerian calendar became increasingly out of sync with the seasons. Around the same time, Egyptians invented a solar calendar of 365 days a year, comprised of three four-month seasons, ...

Independent rock label Sumerian Records has signed a long-term distribution agreement with Virgin Music, with the first music under the new pact coming from alternative rock band Palaye Royale.

Sumerian legacy Today, 5,000 years after the Sumerians first began using 60, we divide our days by hours, minutes and seconds. In recent years, we have changed how the units are measured.

The sequences of dots, lines, and other shapes have been found in at least 400 caves throughout Europe, and may have recorded animal behavior.

'Divinity's release date has been set, with the Stephen Dorff movie from Utopia and Sumerian to hit theaters nationwide this fall.

The Sumerians, like many in ancient times, had a variety of gods, many of whom were considered sacred to various planets. Collectively they were called the Anunnaki.