When was Orions belt discovered?

Answer 1

The 'discovery" belongs to prehistorical times since the stars that make up the belt are very easy to see. No single astronomer discovered it.

The Orion constellation suggests the figure of a hunter with a belt around his waist. He appears to hold a club and shield in his hands. One of the stars representing the hunter's legs is Rigel. It is the sixth brightest star in the heavens. Because of their brightness, Orion's stars can be used to locate other stars such as Castor and Pollux and Sirius.

The three stars of Orion's Belt are named Alnitak, Alniham and Mintaka. Christian believers have identified them with ether the Three Magi who visited the child Jesus, and the three women named Mary in The Bible: Mary of Magdala, Mary of Cleopas and Mary the mother of the apostles James and John.

Even though there's no proof they discovered Orion first, the Greeks gave it its present name.