Ancient
Deep Dive: Pillar 43 at Göbekli Tepe: the oldest object claimed as a star map
Pillar 43 at Göbekli Tepe in Turkey was carved about 11,500 years ago. In 2017 two researchers read its vulture and scorpion as Sagittarius and Scorpius and called it a date stamp for 10950 BC. The archaeologists who dig the site reject that reading. Status: unproven.
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