Netherlands Unearths Massive 4000-Year-Old Solar Calendar Sanctuary.

Archaeologists in the Netherlands have discovered a 4,000-year-old solar calendar sanctuary, the first of its kind in the country. The site, near the town of Tiel, consists of three burial mounds lined with large wooden poles, estimated to have been used for at least 800 years. The largest mound served as a solar calendar, with the sun shining through certain passages on the winter and summer solstice. People would gather at the site for pagan solstice festivals, leaving offerings such as animal skeletons, human skulls, and valuables. The discovery also includes over 1 million objects dating from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages, including a green glass bead from Mesopotamia, indicating contact between vastly different cultures.