In Chapter 25 we learn of the mysterious Nebra disc, found in northern Germany in 1999, some 300 miles south of where Hans-Peter Duerr found evidence of Minoan voyages to Rungholt. The Nebra disc is a unique bronze disc, 30 centimetres across. Its surface is inlaid with gold, drawing a vivid image of the heavens. The astronomer Professor Wolfhard Schlosser was called in to try to verify if these symbols might in fact represent heavenly bodies – the constellations. Could northern Europeans have been advanced enough in the Bronze Age to have mapped out the stars? If not, the disc’s existence supports the theory that foreigners, the Minoans, had been here – and that they had had access to knowledge at least the equal of that of the Babylonians.
Furthermore, high on a plateau overlooking the valley, just 15 miles from where the Nebra Disk was found, is the tiny hamlet of Gosek. Here is another hidden treasure, one which was only discovered by chance in 1991, by aerial reconnaissance. A large, 15 mile double concentric ring of post holes, pierced by gates and surrounded by a circular ditch.
The circle here at Gosek; at Almendres; near the Red Sea; in Kerala; and even Stonehenge. Why did ancient stone and wood henges keep cropping up on Gavin’s trail? It was now imperative to explore one of the world’s most ancient mysteries: the ceremonial stone circle.
Further reading:
The Nebra Sky Disc:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2207297
http://www.lda-lsa.de/himmelsscheibe_von_nebra/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkw_BiC9wQE
http://www.science-at-home.de/referate/guests/nebra_01.php
Gosek circle:
http://www.gosecker-sonnenobservatorium.de
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=13239
