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-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoCould be weighted with rocks. As long as you exhale back into the bag, it would maintain its buoyancy, and would give you 5-10 minutes of usable air. That’s not what they are doing here, of course, but it’s certainly possible.
Could be weighted with rocks. As long as you exhale back into the bag, it would maintain its buoyancy, and would give you 5-10 minutes of usable air.
That’s not what they are doing here, of course, but it’s certainly possible.