"The Dunhuang celestial chart"

The oldest known stellar map in the world A spectacular document relating to the history of astronomy is brought back to light : the Dunhuang chart, a complete star atlas discovered in China in a monastery of the Silk Road, dating from the early Tang dynasty (VII century).Duration [20'00] Director : BLUMBERG Jérôme Scientific direction : BONNET-BIDAUD Jean-Marc Producer : CNRS Images (2009) Read more in : http://bonnetbidaud.free.fr/chine/pub...