Our European ancestors had a vast trade network as well as a fascination with the stars and the the night-time sky. In this video, we look at one artifact - the Nebra Sky Disk - which brings together ancient European trade and prehistoric astronomy into a single device, the oldest physical depiction of the sky's bodies known to humankind. And it was done so with purpose in religion, royal rite, politics and farming in what may have been a relic of immense power and prestige for a ruling dynasty now lost to our historians.

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By Frank Vincentz - Edited version of this photo File:Oberhausen - Gasometer - Nebra sky disk.jpg, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Nebra swords By Dbachmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Nebra chisels, axeheads and bracelets By Dbachmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

By State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt / State Museum of Prehistory Halle - http://www.lda-lsa.de/landesmuseum_fu..., CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Zeigelrodaer Forst Von TomWed - Eigenes Werk, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Der Brcoken By JesterWr - Own work (EOS 1000D), CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...