PaintYourTarget
08-02-2008, 05:46 PM
The first known civilization, the Sumerians, rose over eight thousand years ago.
The little that we know of them was left behind on rocks. One of the most interesting and perplexing things they left behind was this:
http://atsmedia.cachefly.net/uploads/ats51767_tablet.jpg
A perfect despiction of our heliocentric solar system, with the moon included (the Sumerians considered the Moon a planet). Pluto and Charon are even depicted as a tiny pair. We only discovered Pluto in 1930, and in 2005 that it and Charon are a double planet.
The most interesting part of the picture is the twelfth body way out in the distance to the right.
This would be Sedna (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90377_Sedna).
Discovered in 2003, it easily could have been right around the area depicted in the Sumerian star map over eight thousand years ago.
This proves that the first know civilization, the Sumerians, had knowledge that was just as advanced as our current knowledge.
Yes, I know its only in one field of knowledge and is open to interpretation, but it's still very interesting. What do you guys think of it?
The little that we know of them was left behind on rocks. One of the most interesting and perplexing things they left behind was this:
http://atsmedia.cachefly.net/uploads/ats51767_tablet.jpg
A perfect despiction of our heliocentric solar system, with the moon included (the Sumerians considered the Moon a planet). Pluto and Charon are even depicted as a tiny pair. We only discovered Pluto in 1930, and in 2005 that it and Charon are a double planet.
The most interesting part of the picture is the twelfth body way out in the distance to the right.
This would be Sedna (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90377_Sedna).
Discovered in 2003, it easily could have been right around the area depicted in the Sumerian star map over eight thousand years ago.
This proves that the first know civilization, the Sumerians, had knowledge that was just as advanced as our current knowledge.
Yes, I know its only in one field of knowledge and is open to interpretation, but it's still very interesting. What do you guys think of it?