London, October 18 (BNA) The British Museum will display what it says is the world’s oldest surviving map of stars in an upcoming major exhibition on the stone circle at Stonehenge.
The Museum of London announced Monday that the 3,600-year-old Nebra SkyDisk, which was first discovered in Germany in 1999, is one of the oldest representations of the universe in existence and has never before been shown in the UK.
The 30 cm (12 in) bronze disc features a blue and green decoration and is decorated with inlaid gold symbols believed to represent the sun, moon, and constellations.
Next year’s World of Stonehenge will be the first time the disc has been loaned from Germany for 15 years. The United Kingdom is the fourth country the disc has traveled to after it was discovered buried underground in eastern Germany.
It will appear alongside an extremely rare 3,000-year-old solar necklace described by the British Museum as the most important Bronze Age gold found in Britain.
“The Nebra Sky Disc and Sun Pendant are among the most remarkable surviving pieces from the Bronze Age Europe,” said Nebra Wilkin, curator of the exhibition.
The exhibition aims to share a broader history of mythology and cosmology around the 4,500-year-old Stonehenge in southern England. Hundreds of artifacts from across Britain and Europe telling the story of Stonehenge will also be on display.
The exhibition will run from February 17 to July 17, 2022.
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