Ancient Maltese Seafarers Likely Navigated By The Stars

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Ancient Maltese seafarers had both a complex cosmology and likely at least rudimentary skills in celestial navigation.

It's thought that they used stars in the southern constellation of Crux to make their way around the south-central Mediterranean.