Ancient Astronomy

With the weather not allowing any observation, I am writing about another aspect of astronomy. The archeology museum here in Malta has an enigmatic stone in its collection. I photographed it on a visit this morning. The stone was found in an ancient neolithic temple some 5000 years old known as Tal-Qadi. It is divided in five sectors. The central one contains what looks like a quarter moon. The other sectors contain a number of stars, if one goes for the sky-map theory, or suns if you prefer the calendar theory. There are also some other signs like lines and a capital letter I. However, this was made before the invention of writing.

It is evidence of man's ancient interest in the heavens. A larger version of the photo is on my flickr site