z57 t1_j52bf38 wrote
Reply to comment by Tentsni in Ancient humans and their early depictions of the universe: “It is no exaggeration to say that astronomy has existed as an exact science for more than five millennia,” writes the late science historian John North. by clayt6
Absolutely not all of it. For example, nothing of the interpretation of whatever pillar # that gets much attention (I think 42).
There's a few other things here or there that are compelling. But in general much of it is unsubstantiated, subjective, personal opinion he espouses with a very authoritative narrative sounding perspective.
Hancock aside the sophistication of the Tepe sites are very impressive and about 2x older than Egypt or Stonehenge
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