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Some of the world's oldest cave paintings have revealed how ancient people had relatively advanced knowledge of astronomy. Animal symbols represent star constellations in the night sky, and are used to mark dates and events such as comet strikes, analysis from the University of Edinburgh suggests. (Credit: Alistair Coombs)ALISTAIR COOMBS/UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

Cave Paintings May Actually Be Sophisticated Star Maps – Forbes

December 29, 2018 by Comments are Disabled

Via Forbes.com Brid-Aine Parnell Contributor If you thought prehistoric cave art was just daubs of hunting scenes, you need to think again. The latest research suggests that some of the oldest cave paintings in the world were ancient representations of astronomy. Researchers from the Universities of Edinburgh and Kent studied details of drawings in caves in Turkey, Spain, France and […]

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Stone carvings show comet hitting Earth, wiping out the Woolly Mammoths and sparking a rise in civilization.

Ancient Stone Tablet Found: Reveals Comet Impact Sparking The Rise Of Civilization

May 3, 2017 by Comments are Disabled

Apr 30, 2017 @ 03:09 PM 116,604 Ancient Stone Tablet Found: Reveals Comet Impact Sparking The Rise Of Civilization Via Forbes Contributor: Trevor Nace Scientists have translated an ancient stone tablet found at a temple in Turkey. The tablet confirms that a comet struck Earth around 11,000BC, leading to global destruction including the extinction of the woolly mammoth and the rise […]

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