i agree with you apenpaap, old civilisations would assimilate the ring as a divinity or something.
what about Ptolémée, Galilée, Copernic , I wonder what conclusions they would have deducted, Huygens too when he discovered saturn ring, this discover would have had a different impact..
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the fact that the rings would often be partially lit at night and that you could see Earth shadow on them would likely help.
indeed....
very interresting subject