ooli2@lemm.ee to Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-21 year 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-square37fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down131
arrow-up1118arrow-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-21 year agomessage-square37fedilink
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minus-squarezagaberoo@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year agoTo push the absurd narrative that these were essentially scuba tanks for underwater swimming and not flotation devices. Not going to get many clicks with a real image.
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoYup It makes no sense from a materials perspective. How would they handcraft an air and water tight goat skin bag with a tube coming out of it? And what’s the tube made of? And all this effort for what, 3 lungfuls of air.
minus-squarekwomp2@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoPlus the ai version is wrong. Its a floatie not for breathing
minus-squareInfernal_pizza@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 year agoAnd why did it make him look like a gnome?
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To push the absurd narrative that these were essentially scuba tanks for underwater swimming and not flotation devices.
Not going to get many clicks with a real image.
Yup It makes no sense from a materials perspective. How would they handcraft an air and water tight goat skin bag with a tube coming out of it? And what’s the tube made of? And all this effort for what, 3 lungfuls of air.
Plus the ai version is wrong. Its a floatie not for breathing
And why did it make him look like a gnome?