ooli2@lemm.ee to Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-21 month 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-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up1172
arrow-up1172imageOver 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-21 month agomessage-square43linkfedilink
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month 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-up1·1 month agoCount the number of bodies of water in this image: .
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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-up1·1 month 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.