intaglioreally Well what am I now? Joined: 14 Oct 2001 Total posts: 2641 Gender: Unknown |
 Posted: 07-04-2002 14:25 Post subject: Oldest (known) record of a solar eclipse? |
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Just posting this for information and possible comment.
From Astronomy.Com Science News click here for full text.
| Quote: | | One Irish archaeoastronomer believes he knows what some of the strange carvings mean. Paul Griffin is convinced that numerous circular markings represent the neolithic people's "sky gods," the sun and the moon. Some of the petroglyphs may even be the earliest known records of solar eclipses — centuries older than ancient Chinese accounts. In fact, one set of markings appears to document a near- total solar eclipse on November 30, 3340 B.C. |
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