THE WORLD OF THE NEBRA SKY DISC - NEW HORIZONS

Almost two decades ago, the Nebra Sky Disc, one of the most important and extraordinary objects of the Bronze Age was brought to the attention of the public. After a first two-week presentation in 2002, the state exhibition »The Forged Sky: The Wide World in the Heart of Europe 3,600 Years Ago« followed in 2004/05, in which the Nebra assemblage was presented to a broad audience in its European context. Since 2013 the Sky Disc belongs to the UNESCO Memory of the World Register. But that was by no means the end of the exploration of this find. In the following years it was possible to gain more and more extensive knowledge not only about the hoard itself, but also about its cultural environment. The circular sanctuary of Pömmelte (Salzland district) and the monumental princely burial mound Bornhöck near Raßnitz (Saale district) may suffice as examples. An up-to-date compilation of the new research results for a broad public seemed more than necessary. However, a restriction to the Unetice culture, to which the finds of Nebra, Pömmelte, and Bornhöck can be assigned, would be quite inadequate. Because the Early Bronze Age of Europe in particular is characterised by widespread networks in which goods, technologies, and ideas were disseminated across Europe and in which the Middle East and Ancient Egypt were repeatedly included. The Ünetice culture in Middle Germany was an integral part, indeed one of the hubs of this exchange system.

Bücher
Autor / Herausgeber	Jan-Heinrich Bunnefeld, Regine Maraszek, Tobias Mühlenbruch, Michael Schefzik, Nico Schwerdt und Bernhard F. Steinmann
Größe	21 x 13 cm
Einband	softcover with flaps
Ort / Erscheinungsjahr	Halle (Saale) 2021
Details	194 pages, illustrated in color throughout
Verlag	Accompanying booklets to special exhibitions at the State Museum of Prehistory Halle