Re: News: Earliest Star Chart found in Germany(@1400BC)

From: tgpedersen
Message: 15893
Date: 2002-10-03

--- In cybalist@..., x99lynx@... wrote:
> This may be of interest to list members. Note that bronze swords
also found
> at the site were made with a technique "unique to Mycenaean and
Anatolian
> swords," suggesting early contact and influence from the Aegean.
One would
> wonder what language was being spoken in eastern Germany at this
point in
> time.
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> First Concrete Representation of Stars Found in Germany
> ------------------------------------------
> www.itechnology.co.za
> September 25 2002 at 07:44PM
>
> Nebra, Germany - Archaeologists offered a first glimpse on
Wednesday of a
> lost culture's holy site atop a German peak, and confirmed it as
the source
> of the world's oldest map of the heavens.
>
> The exact location has been kept secret for weeks, amid fears that
> treasure-seekers would move in and disturb Bronze Age remains.
>
> The site is atop the Mittelberg, a 252m hill in the Ziegelroda
Forest, 180km
> south-west of Berlin.
>
> Adding a spooky touch is the discovery that, seen from the
Mittelberg, the sun
> sets every June 22 behind the Brocken, the highest mountain in
northern
> Germany. The Brocken is in a direct line of sight on a clear day,
85km to the
> north-west.
>
> 'The oldest concrete representation of the stars in the world'The
Brocken is
> fabled in northern European mythology as the place where witches
gather for a
> coven every April 30.
>
> Scientists are still scratching their heads at the full meaning of
a 32cm
> bronze-and-gold disc found by treasure hunters on the Mittelberg in
1999. The
> map on its face shows the Brocken as well as 32 stars including the
Pleiades.
>
> Experts in pre-history can only guess at the identity of the people
who made
> the "Nebra Disc" 3600 years ago.
>
> "This disc, with the oldest concrete representation of the stars in
the
> world, was placed in a pit in the middle of a ringwall during the
early
> Bronze Age," Harald Meller, the chied archaeologist in the state of
> Saxony-Anhalt, said on Wednesday.
>
> "We still don't know if it was a princely grave or a treasure store
for holy
> objects."
>
> On Wednesday reporters were shown a clearing where the
archaeological dig had
> gone down about half a metre into the soil, leaving what appeared
to be loose
> stone walls standing. The site was once surrounded by wooden
palisades and a
> complex of defensive ditches.
>
> Wolfhard Schlosser, an expert in ancient astronomy at the
University of the
> Ruhr, added, "The ringwall was built in such a way that the sun
seemed to
> disappear every equinox behind the Brocken."
>
> Experts believe the map and site formed an observatory, which was
used to set
> the calendar for planting and harvesting crops.
>
> The nearby forest contains 1000 barrows or princely graves from the
period,
> but little else is known about the lost people, who are not
mentioned in
> ancient Greek or other Mediterranean sources. [1000 princely
graves!!! They
> sure had a lot of princes!!! - Steve]
>
> Meller said two bronze swords found at the site had been made with
a
> technique unique to Mycenaean and Anatolian swords, and had a
similar shape
> to arms found in modern Romania and Hungary.....

To repeat myself in

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/15847

look at

http://www.archlsa.de/sterne/kulturgeschichte.htm

Torsten