The Internet in Ancient Times

No Elamites, no Sea Peoples. Flint knappers accepted, bronze casters preferred.

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I promised the kids that if they work extra hard during harvest, we'd take a horse carriage into town and watch an execution. Well, we did that, and especially my youngest son (5 winters old) was excited to see his first execution. And guess what? All they did was just drop the guillotine blade on the thief, and that's it. No screams, no splatter, just one quick chop and everyone heads home.

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https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3260/aulos-player-cyclades/

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What's next, putting wheels behind them or something?

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19556196 > Average Online Conversation

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Today when I was visiting the marketplace for some new pots, I came across a merchant selling these odd, a bit fabric-like white sheets. He told me that the Egyptians make these from reeds to write on them. Personally, I don't see a need for such a material. Just use a clay tablet like a normal person!

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Grunk need job. Grunk see job carving. Carving say need ten season experience with wheel. But Grunk invent wheel 5 season ago. Grunk think job giver have wheel in place of head.

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He said he was going up to the mountains and would be right back down, but that was at least one phase of the moon ago.

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cross-posted from !tmbl@lemmy.world Based on [The Mesopotemians by They Might Be Giants](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAMRTGv82Zo).

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Description: Clay tablet from Old Babylonia with lunar-eclipse omens inscribed on it in cuneiform. Article here: https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-reveal-ominous-warning-in-ancient-babylonian-tablet

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