ooli2@lemm.ee to Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-22 days agoOver 3,000 years ago the Assyrians developed a remarkably advanced underwater technique, as illustrated in this ancient relief. It shows Assyrian soldiers using goatskin bags filled with air to breathi.redd.itimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down135
arrow-up1133arrow-down1imageOver 3,000 years ago the Assyrians developed a remarkably advanced underwater technique, as illustrated in this ancient relief. It shows Assyrian soldiers using goatskin bags filled with air to breathi.redd.itooli2@lemm.ee to Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoAs they had no access to the sea (?) maybe someone dreamed this up thinking it could work (but never really tested it).
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoCount the number of bodies of water in this image: .
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 hours agoThey had access to plenty of rivers so they would have had places where they could try this out, is what I wanted to say.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoAh ok, yeah I’m just wildly guessing here.
As they had no access to the sea (?) maybe someone dreamed this up thinking it could work (but never really tested it).
Count the number of bodies of water in this image:
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What?
They had access to plenty of rivers so they would have had places where they could try this out, is what I wanted to say.
Ah ok, yeah I’m just wildly guessing here.