Magi su bili renomirani svestenici sa dalekog bliskog istoka koji su imali napredno astronomsko znanje i dobro je poznato da je vecina astronoma sa bliskog istoka, posebno iz drevnog Iraka, Sumera, belezilo nizove dogadaja koji su se desavali na nebu stotinama hiljada godina.
The Magi were renown priests from the far near east. who had advanced astronomical knowledge and it's well known that most of the astronomers from the near east specifically ancient Irak, Sumer, recorded series of events happening in the heavens over hundreds of thousands of years.