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Erasmus + project Past, present, future- it is all in the sky
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Astronomy in the past
Lascaux Cave painting
The first discoveries
in ancient times
Various calculations on the phenomenon of the new moon were discovered on eagle bones, preserved in caves, dating back 32,000 years, and drawings over 17,000 years old were identified in the Lascaux cave, in France. This demonstrates knowledge of rudimentary astronomy, a kind of representation of the Pleiades (bright stars in the constellation Taurus, observable in the northern hemisphere) and the zodiac (the twelve constellations, which the Sun crosses over a year). It is not known the exact significance of these images on the cave walls, but it could be one of a religious nature or, perhaps, the representation of a calendar, marking the period of great migrations, hunting, etc.
Discoveries
The Gosek Circle
The Gosek Circle, discovered in 2003 in Germany, dating from the Neolithic (7000 years ago) seems to be one of the oldest "astronomical observatories".
It has the shape of concentric circles, with a diameter of 75 meters, with three openings corresponding to the sunrises and sunsets, at the winter and summer solstice.
The Gosek Circle, Germany
Ancient Egypt