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Anthropology

grumpyduck

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5. Well, certainly the ancient Egyptians would have seen

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Apr 12, 2024, 10:53 AM

Apr 2024

the Milky Way at night, just like other cultures that don't have light pollution.

But I don't know about those images with a curved Milky Way. Why would it have curved that way only a few thousand years ago, which is nothing in cosmic terms? Seems a little Nut-ty to me.

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