tictac2@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 years agoHieroglyphic Nest in the Temple of Edfu, Egyptlemmy.worldimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1577arrow-down14
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minus-squareMrsDoyle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·2 years 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 Singer@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 years agoMaybe bees looked different, 5000 years ago on a different continent?
minus-squareMrsDoyle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoHa ha yes - bees with horns, what a thought!
minus-squareSquare Singer@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoThese could be the antenae. I mean, carving into stone doesn’t really lend itself well for high-res depictions.
minus-squareTheDoctorDonna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years 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.