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Ancient Star Maps: The 40,000-Year-Old Clues to Humanity’s Forgotten Knowledge of the Cosmos

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Truly amazing. It shifts our understanding of human's knowledge of the skies and celestial events back thousands of years. Our assumptions about human knowledge of celestial cycles, equinoxes, solstices, and even constellations may have just been upended.

Thousands of years before written language, stone temples, or recorded history, ancient humans may have already charted the night sky with remarkable accuracy.
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Ramadan Crescent Moon ushering in a Holy Month,Eid Mubarak Background,Night sky dark purple sky,cloudy with Waxing Crescent Moon.Concept for beginning of the month in the lunar Islamic calendar

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