FReegards....
This bronze disc consequently shows the oldest cosmological picture known so far. It is older than the Egyptian pictures of the firmament that are known from Pharaonic graves. The disc of stars will provide fundamental insights into early European intellectual history. This will no doubt, cause quite a furor in the minds of intellectuals everywhere.
The well-known construction of cult monuments along astronomical structures, like Stonehenge, and the Later Bronze Age iconography the sun ship, sun chariot, and other symbols for the stars and the moon now gain further significance. Stay tuned.
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