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The Nebra Sky Disc: The World’s Oldest Depiction of the Heavens—and its Possible Pleiades Connection
Introduction: A Game-Changing Find The Nebra Sky Disc is more than a ceremonial artifact; it is a tangible window into the astronomical knowledge of Iron Age Europe. Unearthed in 1999 by metal detectorists who violated an ancient religious site near Nebra in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, the disc immediately transformed scholars’ understanding of early celestial observation. Recovered…
