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| On the 25.11.2002 there was an article about the sky disc found near Nebra in the magazin "Der Spiegel". It was quite interessting and -as there were a couple of rather cold and rainy December evenings- I made my own theory which is a bit , not to say totally, contrary to the official one. But this doesn't have to be bad because it leads to new discussions and discussions lead to new insights. So I'd like to hear your opinion about this. | The Nebra Sky Disc |
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The sky disc "Himmelsscheibe von Nebra" is said to be 3600 years old.
The sickles on the right end left mark the ankleof the sun rise and sun set on the 21.12 and the 21.6.
It is said that the star cluster on the disc shows the
The Plejades
and that the other 25 stars doesn't show any special star or
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Sky on the 21.12.1600 B.C.21:00 made by the freeware programme
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Stars and Constellations One can easily recognise the constellations The great Bear, Cassiopeia, Andromeda und Orion. Also the stars Sirius, Vega and Deneb can be seen. This map , West and East are reversed- can be drawn if you look up at the sky. Maybe the date 21.12.1600 B.C.21:00 is significant. If this evening was so important to be shown on such a valuable plate, it was probably the most important holiday of the year and it might have been the predecessor to the Holy Eve. White horizontal Line The white horizontal line could have been used to put the plate in a correct East - West position. This can be done with the Indian circle. Maybe this line represents the equinox. I think it is also possible to stretch ropes along the yellow diagonals across the sky disc. At the end of the ropes sticks can be put into the ground. After the middle has been marked with f.e. a rock a new sun observation place has been built. In this way anywhere on the same latitude observation places could have been erected. Maybe every village got its own. Maybe as the number of contacts between single villages or with traders rose a certain coordination was needed. Stonehenge is on almost the same latitude and the knowledge of the two peoples was probably the same. People have to talk to trade. So the same language is needed. And if people talked f.e. on long winter evenings (due to the lack of T.V.) they exchanged stories, religions, knowledge and traditions. Its unlikely that peoples didn't influence each other by and by. Dates This would mean that there were 4 days per year to hold supra-regional markets or to make deals with a defined target date. I don't think that the 7 stars are the Plejades. The upper half of the sickles on the left and right are longer. The diagonals cross above the horizontal line. This maybe the distance which results from the fact that the summer half-year is one week longer than the winter half-year. The distance is marked with the little green line.
(23.9 - 21.3 autumn and winter : 25 weeks 4 days 21.3 - 23.9 spring and summer : 26 weeks 4 days) This could be calculated to see if it fits with actutal movement of the earth. Crete Amazingly on a clay disc found on Crete there are two symbols which look like the 7 stars. (Diskos zu Phaestos) This is a calender of the Bronze Age and it is said to be the symbol for the equinox and goniometer. 
 These symbols are on the clay disc. If you want to trade with other cultures, you need a uniform calender. If there (countries like Eypt or Greece) was already a calender and you had none, it would have been likely to use that. Otherwise you had to agree which one to use. So what are the six stars around Polaris if these stars are not the Plejades ? It cann't be stars according to my interpration because there are none. The position of Cassiopeia is rather strange. Instead of 5 stars, there are only 4 stars, one belongs to the circle. Let's assume that these 7 stars represent the week. There are 32 stars altogether. 32 - 7 = 25 , so 25 stars are left for something. One half-year consists of 25 or 26 weeks and 4 days. This looks very much like a calender ! How can the sky disc be used as a calender ? The first day is Polaris then count counterclockwise. The last ist the first day of Cassiopeia. After 25 or 26 weeks just count into Cassiopeia. Per week one star out of the rest is counted in a certain sequence. Maybe each day was named after a god. So a day might have been called "Day of Polaris in the week of Arcturus in the summer half-year" .  the week and 4 days White vertical Line On the left side the horizontal line is remarkable. It is divided into 4 equal segments. This doesn't seem to be accidently. It could be the representation of a moon month (4 * 7 = 28). But this doesn't fit well to rest of calender. It seems to be more likely that they were used to mark other important holidays as Samhain (1.11.) or Beltane (1.5.). These holidays were reported much later but the origines had to come from somewhere. Sun Calender Even a sun calender can be found : There are 6 big objects and 30 stars within and 2 stars on a sicle.
6 * 30 + 2 =182
This is just the half of a year. But this time the year is divided into winter with spring and summer with autmn. This may be unlikley though. Sun and Moon The sun and the moon could - besides their original meaning - represent gods. Regarding the size there were the main gods. Or they represent both half-years. If the theory of the calender is correct one pass of the calender would just be a half-year. Maybe it is also important in which phase the moon is shown. But if someone wants to draw the moon he will always draw it as a cresent moon never f.e. as a full moon. Sun Bark The sun bark could be an import of Egypt because it looks as if it is loaded with Orion and drawn by Sirius. And they were important stars in ancient Egypt. Important note : I have to point out that this is my personal theory. So read this website critically and tell me if , where and why I am wrong ! The fotos of the Sky Disc are shown by courtesy of (c)Landesamtes für Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt 2002. All rights reserved. Any copy of the text only with the approval of the owner. P.S. Sorry about some grammer mistakes :-) Webmaster Beate Staufenbiel |