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World's oldest star chart may be 2,300 years old and from China — but not everyone agrees
The Dunhuang map (not the chart studied in the new research) is an early star map from China dating to the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618 to 907). | Credit: CPA Media Pte Ltd via Alamy The oldest star chart ...
Scientists Identified the Oldest Star Chart In Existence, Written 2,300 Years Ago.
Ancient Chinese astronomer Shi Shen’s star catalog, known as The Star Manual of Master Shi, is now considered the oldest star ...
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China’s Ancient Star Chart Could Rewrite the History of Astronomy
For more than two thousand years, people have mapped the stars. But a new study claims one of the world’s oldest surviving ...