The Johan Heine Stone Calendar (affectionately called Adam’s Calendar) has been dated by astronomer Bill Hollenbach to be around 75,000 years, based on the movement of the peoples in southern Africa and the emergence of rock art during that period. But it could in fact be even older – dating back to the dawn of Homo sapiens some 250,000 years ago.

The carved edge can be clearly seen, resulting in a sharp edge to cast a clear shadow on the flat calendar rock. The wider monolith became the calendar on which days and weeks were marked as the movement of the sun stretched perfectly from one edge to the other, left to right, and than back again.

THE FOUNDER

Johan Heine is a pilot and explorer by heart. As the head of the fire fighting unit in the forests of Mpumalanga, South Africa, he has been flying over this beautiful mountainous part of the world and exploring it for 20 years. It would be accurate to say that he knows it like the back of his hand. But it was only when he was called out to assist in the search for a colleague who had crashed in the mountains, that he made a discovery that will change how we view our human history. At the edge of a mountain top, he spotted a strange arrangement of giant rocks. Upon his return and closer inspection, this stone calendar site has turned out to be the oldest known man-made site on Earth. Over a 4-year period Johan made many attempts to bring this to the attention of academics with no success. Only when his measurements and findings were presented by default their sudden interest was raised. Over the years many people have seen the ruins and wondered what they meant. The mystery has now been solved, thanks to the persistence and meticulous work by Johan Heine.

For 4 years Johan had been pondering, plotting and photographing his historic discovery. After many attempts to attract the interest from historians and archaeologists had failed, he never gave up his quest to measure the site and establish the ancient and original geographical alignments. Only when his measurements and findings were presented by default then sudden interest was raised. Over the years many people have seen the ruins and wondered what they meant. The mystery has now been solved, thanks to the persistence and meticulous work of Johan Heine.

Adam’s Calendar firmly places the many ancient ruins of southern Africa at a point in history that we modern humans have never faced before – some 75,000 ago.

It therefore symbolises the FIRST FREE HUMAN looking at his FIRST SUNRISE as a free species on planet Earth.