世界是一个巨大的中国，也许永乐大典不是一个梗

https://www.nature.com/articles/news070528-11

《自然》2007年6月文章
Fathers of the zodiac tracked down
The MUL.APIN tablets record the dates that constellations appeared in the Assyrian sky. R. D. Flavin
Astronomer shows when and where his ancient counterparts worked.
Using modern techniques — and some rocks — a US astronomer has traced the origin of a set of ancient clay tablets to a precise date and place. The tablets show constellations thought to be precursors of the present-day zodiac.
一位美国天文学家利用现代技术和一些岩石，追溯到了一套古代泥板的精确日期和地点。这些石板上的星座被认为是当今黄道十二宫的前身。
The tablets, known collectively as MUL.APIN, contain nearly 200 astronomical observations, including measurements related to several constellations. They are written in cuneiform, a Middle-Eastern script that is one of the oldest known forms of writing, and were made in Babylon around 687 BC.
这些石板统称为 MUL.APIN，包含近 200 项天文观测数据，其中包括与几个星座有关的测量数据。它们是用楔形文字书写的，这种中东文字是已知最古老的书写形式之一，大约制作于公元前 687 年的巴比伦。
But most archaeologists believe that the tablets are transcriptions of much earlier observations made by Assyrian astronomers. Just how much older has been disputed — the estimates go back to 2,300 BC.
但大多数考古学家认为，这些石碑抄录的是亚述天文学家更早的观测数据。至于到底有多早，一直存在争议--估计可以追溯到公元前 2300 年。
Now Brad Schaefer, an astronomer at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, says he has dated the observations to 1,370 BC, give or take a century.
现在，位于巴吞鲁日的路易斯安那州立大学的天文学家布拉德-舍费尔（Brad Schaefer）说，他已经确定这些观测数据的年代为公元前 1370 年，或多或少有一个世纪。