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Thread ID: 18636 | Posts: 3 | Started: 2005-06-12
2005-06-12 12:02 | User Profile
Archaeologists Unearth German Stonehenge [url="http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,942824,00.html"]http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,942824,00.html[/url]
German experts on Thursday hailed Europeââ¬â¢s oldest astronomical observatory, discovered in Saxony-Anhalt last year, a ââ¬Åmilestone in archaeological researchââ¬Â after the details of the sensational find were made public. On Thursday, German experts toasted the discovery as a "milestone in archaeological research" as details of the find were made public. State archaeologist Harald Meller said the site, which is believed to be a monument of ancient cult worship, provided the first insights into the spiritual and religious world of Europeââ¬â¢s earliest farmers. Francois Bertemes of the university of Halle-Wittenberg estimated the site to be around 7,000 years old. He described its significance as "one of the oldest holy sites" discovered in Central Europe.
[img]http://www.dw-world.de/dw/image/0,1587,942698_6,00.jpg[/img] The 3,600-year-old bronze Nebra disc was discovered just 25 kilometers away from Goseck in the wooded region of Nebra and is considered to be the oldest concrete representation of the cosmos. The 32-centimeter disc is decorated with gold leaf symbols that clearly represent the sun, moon and stars. A cluster of seven dots has been interpreted as the Pleiades constellation as it appeared 3,600 years ago. Schlosser believes the formations on the disc were based on previous astrological observations, which could possibly have been made at Goseck.
2005-06-13 19:43 | User Profile
albion,
I guess those nineteenth century German Occultist were right about there being ancient astronomical observatorys in Saxony. :cheers: :lol:
2005-06-13 23:41 | User Profile
I know of an older one found in South America (forgot which country) that was four feet by eight by two and it was being use as a table, the farmers grandfather dug it up while digging a well.
A doctor that went to visit a sick kid saw it an new what it was supposed to be, the markings of sun, moon, stars and planes were not even in the same place where they are today and that's how they were able to date it and it went back about 20,000 years....they still don't know who made it.