Kokino

Kokino – According to NASA, Kokino is the fourth oldest observatory in the world. The ancient observatory is located approximately 30 km from the town of Kumanovo, and about 6 km from the Serbian border, near the village Kokino. It consists of two platforms of a combined area of about 5000 square meters. The claimed archaeo-astronomical site itself consists of two platforms with an elevation difference of 19 m. The claim of the site representing an astronomical observatory was made by Stankovski and by Gjore Cenev in 2002. According to this interpretation, the site includes special stone markers used to track the movement of the Sun and Moon on the eastern horizon.