ooli2@lemm.ee to Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-22 months 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-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down136
arrow-up1137arrow-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 months agomessage-square42linkfedilink
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months 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 months agoCount the number of bodies of water in this image: .
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months 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-up1·2 months 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.