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Lecturer's tale of a sky-disc Germany

Submitted by vicky on Thursday, 23 October 2003  Page Views: 2508

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Nebra skydisk submitted by Andy B : As of March 2002 The State Museum for Prehistory (Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte) in Halle, Germany, has been in possession of a bronze disc, which may prove to be one of the most significant finds in early European history. It has a diameter of 32 cm and a weight of 2 kg. The disc has an official name:"Himmelsscheibe von Nebra" and was found here. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A Newport lecturer will be explaining the history of a sacred calendar - that could be Germany's equivalent to Stonehenge - on a BBC programme. Professor Miranda Aldhouse- Green, a senior lecturer at the University of Wales College, Newport (UWCN) has been filmed discussing a Bronze Age sky-disc, which features in early man's attempts to map the heavens.

Prof Aldhouse-Green, a European prehistorian specialising in the archaeology of ritual and religion, was filmed for the popular Horizon TV series.

"They spent a day interviewing me about the significance of an ancient sky-disc, dating from around 1600BC, which may have been used by priests as a sacred calendar," explained Prof Aldhouse- Green.

"The sky-disc was found by metal detectors in Nebra in Germany, along with a cache of jewellery, axes and swords. It is from the Bronze Age, and is important because it represents an early map of the heavens.

"The disc tells us a great deal about sky-religion in the European Bronze Age and raises our level of understanding already gained from other, less-explicit finds, from northern and western Europe. In a sense, it is Germany's equivalent of Stonehenge."

The Horizon programme is due to be screened on BBC2 in January and, as well as Prof Aldhouse-Green's contribution, it will feature interviews with German scholars.

Source: The Western Mail 22/10/2003

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Re: Lecturer's tale of a sky-disc by Anonymous on Sunday, 26 October 2003
A possible conical engraved flint discovered in a mesolithic site in Leicestershire, showing similar features to that of an engraved bone discovered in s/w france at the early Aurignacian levels dated 32,000 - 34,000 b.p. as representing a possible Lunar calendar, by Andrew Marshack. Arthur Cross.
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