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| Thank you for sending me a free Nebra disk repro. I requested to buy one at your front desk as advertised but it was not available at that time. Great commercial gesture. #Dormero #2016 #LeipzigEndoCourse |
Excellent Hotel: Dormero
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| Leipziger Str. 76, 06108 Halle (Saale), Germany |
Halle is known for the Bronze disc:
The Nebra sky disc (German: Himmelsscheibe von Nebra) is a bronze disc of around 30 cm (12 in) diameter and a weight of 2.2 kg (4.9 lb), having a blue-green patina and inlaid with gold symbols.[1][2] These symbols are interpreted generally as the Sun or full moon, 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,[3] though some authors have also suggested that it may represent a rainbow,[4] or the Aurora Borealis.[5]
The disc was found buried on the Mittelberg hill near Nebra in Germany.[6] It is dated by archaeologists to c. 1800–1600 BCE and attributed to the Early Bronze Age Unetice culture.[7][8] Various scientific analyses of the disc, the items found with the disc, and the find spot have confirmed the Early Bronze Age dating.[9][10][11]
The Nebra sky disc features the oldest concrete depiction of astronomical phenomena known from anywhere in the world.[1][12][9] In June 2013, it was included in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register and termed "one of the most important archaeological finds of the twentieth century."[13]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebra_sky_disc
