The heart symbol, with its two scallops on top and V-shaped point at the bottom, is one of the world’s most familiar emblems—found everywhere from jewelry to emojis to the Valentine’s Day ...

The findings, published last month in Time & Mind, suggest that a series of V-shaped symbols carved onto the pillars at Gobekli Tepe each represents a single day.When added up, they seem to record ...

Researchers believe the V-shaped symbols would have been Göbekli Tepe’s attempt at such a calendar. Many V symbols are found on a particular pillar (Pillar 43), as well as elsewhere on the site.

Researchers interpret V-shaped symbols as ancient calendar. Strange V-shaped symbols carved onto pillars at Göbekli Tepe could be interpreted to represent a single day, the researchers said.

Each V-shaped symbol could represent a single day, according to Dr. Sweatman’s research. “This interpretation allowed researchers to count a solar calendar of 365 days on one of the pillars ...

The newly studied pillar contains 365 V-shaped symbols. Researchers think each "V" represents a single day, with the entire calendar encompassing "12 lunar months in addition to 11 extra days ...

According to Sweatman, V-shaped markings on the calendar document a significant astronomical event, a comet impact roughly 13,000 years ago, that had a profound effect on Earth, ...