[sizzzzlerz]

or, whether it actually happened. no other cultures with astronomical knowledge have ever been found to have reported on such a star ~2000 years ago. if there was a sighting visible in the med region, it was likely an asteroid or, possibly, Jupiter.

[francisofascii]

No other cultures? The Chinese recorded a "comet" in 5 BC that appeared for 70 days. Maybe the "comet" was a supernova. https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E6%BC%A2%E6%9B%B8/%E5%8D%B70...

[sizzzzlerz]

I saw that article. If you read a little further, the position of the comet couldn't have led the so-called wisemen to Bethleham (yet another apocryphal tale). So, still no other cultures.

[skykooler]

This reminds me of an interesting piece on what paths the wisemen would have taken if they followed a star continuously: https://what-if.xkcd.com/25/