During the excavations, which took place in the Japanese district of Nara within the village of Asuka, the tomb of Kitora was discovered. During its detailed examination, a map of the stellar firmament was found, which shows the location of the stars of the first century BC.
It is considered interesting that the burial itself dates back to the 7th century already in the modern era.
This burial was guarded and continue to be on duty by four figures. The northern part of the tomb is guarded by a black turtle.
A fiery phoenix guards the south side.
The western one is reliably covered by the Whitish Tiger.
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And the dragon keeps the East.
All this splendor was discovered in 1983. Despite all the other finds, archaeologists recognized the star image as the most important discovery. A detailed study revealed that 68 constellations are inscribed there. Astronomers even managed to accurately determine the days of the summer and winter equinox from this fresco.
It has been reliably established that this fresco was made in 65 BC. And this is just a good copy from an older original. In addition to well-known constellations such as the Pleiades or the Big Dipper. There are objects on the map, which are not determined by scientists. There is an assumption that these are constellations that were observed in the deep past over Ancient China.
The inaccuracies found on the fresco by scientists were explained by the fact that the author, who copied the image on the ceiling of the tomb, was extremely far from the knowledge and principles of astronomy, but did the work quite accurately.
It also remains a big mystery for scientists how such a detailed map was made without the use of telescopes. After all, the human eye is unable to see in such detail some of the constellations depicted on the ceiling.
The logical explanation for such a detailed map is that the ancient Chinese inherited the map from an older and more highly developed civilization.