#nebra

Noelle: That’s funny coming from the weakest sibling.

Solid: EXCUSE ME?!

Nozel: [hauls in a stack of photo books]

Nebra: Nozel, what about my baby pictures?

Nozel: [digs out a floppy disk]

Solid: Hey Nozel, where's MY baby pictures?

Nozel: [hands him a USB]

Noelle: Brother, I want to see my baby pictures.

the return of the native, jack gold 1994

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The Nebra Sky Disc - bronze, gold - Unetice culture - Early Bronze Age - c.1800-1600 BCE

The Nebra sky disc is a bronze disc of around 30 cm (12") diameter and a weight of 2.2 kg (4.9 lb), having a blue-green patina and inlaid with gold symbols. These symbols are interpreted generally as the Sun, a lunar crescent, and stars (including a cluster of seven stars interpreted as the Pleiades). Two golden arcs along the sides, interpreted to mark the angle between the solstices, were added later. A final addition was another arc at the bottom with internal parallel lines, which is usually interpreted as a solar boat with numerous oars, though some authors have also suggested that it may represent a rainbow, the Aurora Borealis, or a comet.

The disc was found buried on the Mittelberg hill near Nebra in Germany. It is dated by archaeologists to c. 1800–1600 BCE and attributed to the Early Bronze Age Unetice culture. It served as a reminder of when it was necessary to synchronize the lunar and solar years by inserting a leap month. This phenomenon occurred when the three-and-a-half-day-old moon —the crescent moon on the disc— was visible at the same time as the Pleiades. As preserved, the disc was developed in four stages:

Initially the disc had thirty-two small round gold circles, a large circular plate, and a large crescent-shaped plate attached. The circular plate is interpreted as the Sun, the crescent shape as the Moon, and the dots as stars, with the cluster of seven dots likely representing the Pleiades star cluster.  At some later date, two arcs (constructed from gold of a different origin, as shown by its chemical impurities) were added at opposite edges of the disc. To make space for these arcs, one small circle was moved from the left side toward the center of the disc and two of the circles on the right were covered over, so that thirty remain visible. The two arcs span an angle of 82°, correctly indicating the angle between the positions of sunset at summer and winter solstice at the latitude of the Mittelberg (51°N).  The final addition was another arc at the bottom, identified as a solar boat, again made of gold, but originating from another different source. By the time the disc was buried it also had 38 to 40 holes punched out around its perimeter, each approximately 3 millimetres (0.12 in) in diameter. 

Petite balade en Wallonie, il y a 15 jours, plus précisément l'Archéo-site d'Aubechies. Ici le petit musée avec des trouvailles locales et des fac-simile d'autres pièces.

le Dieu celte, avec torque et sabots, de Bouray-sur-Juine, Essonne, début du 1er s. (dans mon livre d'histoire en 6ème, il y avait sa photo...qui me faisait très peur !)

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Disque céleste de Nebra - Saxe, 1600 av. J-C.

arbre cultuel de Manching, en bronze - Haute-Bavière, IIIe s.

coupelle aux triskèles ; en dessous, "Bronze d'Ambleny" aux chevaux stylisés en simples spirales - Blicquy, 30 av. J-C.

potin des Remi, peuple gaulois fondateur de Reims : homme avec lance et torque - 50 av. J-C.

Ansichtskarte

Schwimmbad Nebra

Nebra's evening dress she wore to the banquet in the 7th chapter of Paper Hearts fanfiction.