From Wiki:The Nebra sky disc is a bronze disc of around 12 in diameter, having a blue-green patina and inlaid with gold symbols. These symbols are interpreted generally as the Sun or full moon, a lunar crescent, and stars (including a cluster of seven stars, axiomatically interpreted as the Pleiades or simply as a symbol for star clusters. Two golden arcs along the sides, interpreted to mark the angle between the solstices, were added later. A final addition was another arc at the bottom with internal parallel lines, which is usually interpreted as a solar boat with numerous oars, though some authors have also suggested that it may represent a rainbow, the Aurora Borealis or a comet.
The disc was found buried on the Mittelberg hill near Nebra in Germany. It is dated by to c. 1800–1600 BCE and attributed to the Early Bronze Age Unetice culture.
The Nebra sky disc features the oldest concrete depiction of astronomical phenomena known from anywhere in the world. In June 2013, it was included in the UNESCO Memory of World Register and termed "one of the most important archaeological finds of the twentieth century."
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