Coorporations:
Pfizer Ltd. Pfizer Research, JVC, ARTE, AFP-Ff/M, TU Dresden, DGFK

Several projects within our scientific initiative have brought to light insights into well-known species and artefacts that could not be revealed even by earlier research conducted with the greatest methodological rigour. The following projects are particularly noteworthy:

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Analysis of archaeological (c-)artefacts

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1. The Tal-Qadi Stone

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According to our analyses, the Tal-Qadi Stone represents the earliest verifiable physical long-range maritime map in human history. The engravings indicate a systematic understanding of large-scale sea routes that clearly exceeds the scope of purely local navigational representations.

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2. Sumerian Pathways of Water and Sky

This project focuses on the reconstruction of the earliest known world map of the heavens. Sumerian cuneiform sources and symbolic representations reveal a coherent model of cosmic order in which river systems, stellar paths, and divine spheres were conceived as an integrated system of navigation and orientation.

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3. Iconocartography of the Nebra Sky Disc

A logical map of a Bronze Age worldview?
This project interprets the Nebra Sky Disc not primarily as an isolated astronomical object, but as a logically structured map of a Bronze Age conception of the world and the heavens. The combination of celestial bodies, horizon arcs, and cyclical markers is understood as a deliberately coded medium of communication, organising cosmological knowledge in a cartographic manner.

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Cartogrammatic

4. Reading and creating of maps

Map awareness as a key to cartographic communication
This foundational project investigates map awareness as a cultural competence: the ability not merely to view maps, but to read, describe, and interpret them as symbolic, logical, and communicative systems. The study demonstrates that cartographic communication constitutes a universal human practice that long predates modern cartography.