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- SUMERIAN CONSTELLATIONS: 4000 BC
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- The oldest surviving drawings of constellations are
- found on some vases, gaming boards and seals from the
- Sumerians (circa 4000 BC). In fact, the constellation
- Aquarius was named after the Sumerian god of heaven,
- An, who pours the waters of immortality over the
- Earth.
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