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Cryptic Nebra sky disk might not be so ancient after all, say scientists – CNET
Is it really the world’s oldest depiction of the cosmos? Maybe not.
The Nebra sky disk was thought to be from the Bronze Age, but that dating might be off by 1,000 years.
Hildegard Burri-Bayer
It’s listed in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. You can buy reproductions on Etsy. The Nebra sky disk has been venerated as “the world’s oldest depiction of the cosmos.” We’ll need to rethink that description, based on a new study that calls its age into doubt.
Though open to interpretation, the bronze disk appears to depict the moon, stars and possibly the sun. …
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