ArchaeoStories

The eMuseum offers a new format for conveying and presenting knowledge. At its heart are the ArchaeoStories, which tell multimedia narratives about the Sky Disc and the Sky Paths. A special highlight are 3D applications developed especially for the eMuseum. These formats will be modified and expanded step by step - just as exhibition spaces in museums are constantly changing.

The Nebra Sky Disc

This find of the century is the centrepiece of the Sky Paths and was included in the UNESCO World Document Heritage "Memory of the World" in 2013. The 3,600-year-old Sky Disc can be seen today in the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle (Saale) and is part of an Early Bronze Age hoard found on the Mittelberg hill near Nebra. It shows the world's oldest concrete representation of astronomical phenomena and thus gives us an insight into the knowledge of our ancestors.

Basics

We provide you with the most important facts about the Sky disc.

this way to the basics

The Forged Sky – 3D

With the aid of an interactive 3D model, we guide you through the history of this extraordinary object.

This way to the Sky Disc

The Hunt for the Sky Disc

The history of the Sky Disc find is as exciting as the disc itself - from its discovery by looters to its recovery.

Let’s go hunting

Reaching for the Stars

Not just sun, moon, and stars - the complex astronomical knowledge on the Sky Disc.

To astronomy

The Find on the Mittelberg – 3D

Reconstruction of the feature and the position of the objects in the Nebra hoard.

To the 3D model

The Wide World at the Heart of Europe

The knowledge depicted on the Sky Disc had probably been imported from the Mediterranean to central Germany.

on Journey

The Sky Paths

The Sky Paths are a network of archaeological sites of special cultural and historical significance and museum institutions in Saxony-Anhalt. At its centre is the world of the Nebra Sky Disc. It is flanked by important prehistoric sites that all have one thing in common: a view to the sky.

Dolmen Goddess of Langeneichstädt

The almost 5,500-year-old megalithic chambered tomb with dolmen goddess stands for another aspect of the Sky Paths - the view into a world beyond.

let's go to Langeneichstädt