@[email protected] to Mildly [email protected] • 10 months agoHieroglyphic Nest in the Temple of Edfu, Egyptlemmy.worldimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1574arrow-down15
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minus-squareMrsDoylelink9•10 months agoUnbelievably, the hieroglyph next to the bird is a bee. It’s like whoever designed it had never seen a bee, but had them described by someone who knew someone whose cousin was stung by a bee that one time. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_(hieroglyph)
minus-squareSquare Singerlinkfedilink5•10 months agoMaybe bees looked different, 5000 years ago on a different continent?
minus-squareSquare Singerlinkfedilink2•10 months agoThese could be the antenae. I mean, carving into stone doesn’t really lend itself well for high-res depictions.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•10 months agoAh, that makes more sense actually, that thing definitely has more than 2 legs.
Unbelievably, the hieroglyph next to the bird is a bee. It’s like whoever designed it had never seen a bee, but had them described by someone who knew someone whose cousin was stung by a bee that one time.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_(hieroglyph)
Maybe bees looked different, 5000 years ago on a different continent?
Ha ha yes - bees with horns, what a thought!
These could be the antenae. I mean, carving into stone doesn’t really lend itself well for high-res depictions.
Ah, that makes more sense actually, that thing definitely has more than 2 legs.