!!The ancient Amazighs were interested in astronomy
Recently discovered meteorites revealed new secrets to the ancient inhabitants of North Africa
Researchers have discovered rock inscriptions, the first of their kind in Africa and the Middle East, south of the Moroccan city of Essaouira, that talk about ancient astronomy, which indicates that the ancient Amazighs in North Africa were interested in astronomy.
A Moroccan research team began conducting scientific analyzes on these engraved stones in the Crystals and Meteorites Laboratory at Ibn Zohr University in Agadir in the Kingdom of Morocco.
The results of the discovery were published in the international scientific journal Meteor News, which is supervised by the International Meteor Organization, on November 18, 2018.
The leader of the research team, Abdul Rahman Abhi, explains the context of this discovery in a statement reported by Al Jazeera Net, saying, “The discovery came within the framework of a scientific conference on scientific culture in Morocco, which was held in the city of Essaouira in late 2017, and there a sheikh from the areas surrounding the city proposed to me that... He has engraved rocks that suggest that stones fall from the sky, but he does not know what they indicate.”
These stones consist of three engraved rocks called “Ida1”, “Ida2”, and “Ida3”, after the name of the area in which they were discovered, which is the “Ida Oukazzou” area in the city of Essaouira.
Abhi, supervisor of the University Museum of Meteorites in Agadir, said, “We will seek the help of researchers from Tunisia to determine the geological time of these rock engravings, because for the first time we are conducting research in the field of determining the geological time of rocks of this type, and this may require working with Italian and Spanish researchers and researchers from Russia.” “.
He added that until now there is no scientific paper in this field, “and that is why we confirm that this study will be the first of its kind, and the International Meteor Organization has called on Arab researchers to rally around this science in African countries.”
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