Italian scientists investigated the arrangement of incisions in a stone disk discovered at the ancient site of Lupine Piccolo and concluded that the object could be a star map. The researchers thought that the 28 dots might correspond to stars in the constellations Scorpius, Orion, Taurus, and Cassiopeia. The exact age of this artifact is unknown, but it was found on monuments dating from around 1800 BC to 400 BC. found. This was reported in an article published in the journal Astronomische Nachrichten.
During the Bronze Age, the Castellian archaeological culture arose in Istria. Its name comes from the numerous fortified settlements “castellere” (translated as “small castles”), which were usually built by the ancient inhabitants of the region. top of the hill. According to archaeologists, these ruins were built between 1800 and 1650 BC. It existed from BC to around 400 BC. People live there. Among the finds from the monuments of the Castellan culture is a stone disk approximately 0.5 meters in diameter, whose purpose remains unknown, but it is thought that it may have been used for ritual purposes.
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