English subtitles for clip: File:Die Himmelsscheibe von Nebra (CC BY 4.0) .webm

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The Nebra Sky Disc is the oldest
known physical representation

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of astronomical phenomena in the world
and is over 3600 years old.

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The crescent and the full moon are shown –
sometimes also interpreted as the sun –

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and in sum 32 stars.

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The star cluster suggested as Pleiades

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has great importance
for the rural calendar.

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The time of sowing and harvesting

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could be derived through
certain constellations of the stars.

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This is the Nebra Bronze Age sky disk,
the first known astronomical work,

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in which processes of celestial mechanics 
were analysed and recorded.

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A masterpiece of the earliest astronomers.