So, check this out: there’s this crazy old Sumerian Star Map that’s been puzzling scientists for more than a hundred years! It was found way back in the late 1800s in this underground library belonging to King Ashurbanipal in Nineveh, Iraq.
At first, everyone thought it was ᴀssyrian, but thanks to some modern tech, we now know it dates all the way back to around 3300 BC in Mesopotamia. They call it an “Astrolabe,” and it’s actually the oldest known astronomical tool out there! It might even be recording the cool event of Köfel’s impact.
This thing has a super detailed disk-shaped chart with angle measurements that really shows just how advanced the Sumerians were with their understanding of the stars.
What’s really wild is that the design of this Star Map looks a lot like the Voyager Golden Record that was sent into space in 1977. Pretty neat, huh?
