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2000-year-old ‘celestial calendar’ discovered in ancient Chinese tomb

Wooden strips marked with Chinese characters related to the traditional Tiangan Dizhi astronomical calendar. Archaeologists in China have uncovered a mysterious series of rectangular wooden pieces connected to an ancient astronomical calendar. The artifacts were discovered inside an extremely well-preserved 2,000-year-old tomb in the southwest of the country. Each of the 23 wooden pieces is… Read More »