The Oldest Star Chart is Magnificent!

[Ray Cash]

It's 17,500 years old. And, AFAIK, my friend and muralist extraordinaire Andrew Johnstone is the first man (in modern times) to recognize the Cave at Lascaux for what it is: Fantastic images of animals, yes, but grouped according to star patterns dictated by the night sky of the ancient summer solstice (Northern Hemisphere) . See, explore, ENJOY: http://adjohnstone.com/STARWALLS.html

[Ray Cash]

A quick googling of "cave at lascaux star chart" turns up a number of links, even on Wikipedia. . . But the earliest is 1999 and 2000, about the same time Andrew had this insight (while working on a project to replicate parts of Lascaux. Working, by the way, with paleontologists, who were skeptical of his theory). Did others steal his insights? Or come to these conclusions independently? I dunno.

[astroron]

Very interesting Ray,Takes a bit of imagination to piece all that together.
Thanks for shareing :thanx:
Cheers:thumbsup:

[Liz]

Amazing and beautiful Ray. Am pretty sure I saw this on TV awhile back and loved it then too.
How astounding are these, perhaps not so primitive people, to be able to paint these charts!!
I havent been to these caves, which I think are closed to the public, though there may be a replica cave?? I have been to other prehistoric caves in France at Les Eyziers, which was fabulous!!