Senenmut Star Map

What the Show Claims

• ›Ancient Egyptian astronomers recorded the planet Mars on this celestial chart, suggesting that ancients possessed advanced astronomical knowledge and may have had extraterrestrial influences guiding their understanding of the cosmos.

What Archaeology Says

The Senenmut star map is located in the tomb of Senenmut (18th Dynasty, circa 1470 BCE) at Deir el-Bahari and is one of the oldest known star charts. It accurately depicts constellations visible from Egypt and demonstrates sophisticated astronomical observation by ancient Egyptians through conventional naked-eye observation.