Engraved in rock, these ancient abundant in the Teimareh valley,
located in the Zagros Mountains of central Iran. a tale of
hunters and animals found in the middle eastern valley 6,000
years ago or more, etched by artists in a prehistoric age. In
the night sky above are star trails etched by the rotation of
planet Earth during the long composite exposure made with a
modern On the left, the center of the star trail arcs is the
North Celestial Pole (NCP), the extension of Earth's axis into
space, with Polaris, the North Star, leaving the bright, short,
stubby trail closest to the NCP. But when these petroglyphs were
carved, Polaris would have made a long arc through the night.
Since the Earth's rotation axis like a wobbling top, 6,000 years
ago the NCP was near the border of the constellations Draco and
Ursa Major, some 30 degrees from its current location in planet
Earth's sky.