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We present a very interesting skeleton No.7 of a 25-30 years female from the Neolithic site of Burzahom in Kashmir Valley, India, dated to about 4000 B.P. which exhibits multiple trepanations on the skull. Archaeological and anthropological investigations had revealed that the woman was suffering from a brain anomaly and head injury and was insane...
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All things on Earth are reflected on the Sky - stars and constellations are markers of Space, Time and Thought. Of the peoples who “built” constellations, we note the Babylonians, Indians, Greeks, Romans, Chinese, Amerindians and, especially, the peoples belonging to the Great Civilization of Ancient Europe. These civilizations lived in the Northern hemisphere, and for this reason they gave names to the constellations visible to this half of the globe. In his work Almagesta, Ptolemy catalogued more than 1,000 stars and named 48 known constellations, known collectively as the “antique constellations”, with names still in use today.
The heavens above Romania are full of stars, constellations and groups of stars that were named in the spirit and philosophy of a sedentary people, mainly farmers and animal herders, which makes our sky pregnant with stars that define the household and the rural landscape, people’s occupations, farming and crafting tools, ways and means of transport, measuring tools, mythical and
Christian imagery, decorative objects, crosses and others. We have been researching the constellations and the legends relating to them, as they appear
in the Romanian folk beliefs, and we tried to decipher the mysteries and genesis of the mythological universe, which mirrors Romanian life, traditions and spirit. The archaeological proof has come to support the researchers in this inter-disciplinary
attempt to interpret signs and symbols on prehistoric artifacts, in order to show the link between Neolithic man and the Heavens. The present research completes the studies already published regarding the stars on the Romanian sky with new data, by looking at the source of certain traditions, superstitions and myths in the prehistory of Romanian civilization.
