Ancient Dogon tribe’s advanced astronomical knowledge proven thousand years later

French anthropologists discovered that the ancient Dogon tribe of Mali possessed advanced astronomical knowledge about the Sirius star system, including details about Sirius B, which was only confirmed by modern science decades later. The Dogons’ knowledge extended to other cosmic phenomena like Saturn’s rings and Jupiter’s moons. This raises questions about how the tribe acquired such precise information, challenging our understanding of ancient civilizations’ scientific capabilities. Prothom Alo