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Erin O'Hare

Erin O'Hare is an arts and culture reporter based in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her work has appeared in C-VILLE Weekly, Bandcamp Daily, and The Australian, among other publications.

A new study suggests the Nebra Sky Disc is 1,000 years younger than previously assumed.

Is This Ancient Map of the Cosmos Younger Than Previously Thought?

A controversial new analysis of the Nebra Sky Disc suggests the artifact dates to the Iron Age, not the Bronze Age