IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agoTIL the Gold Mask of Agamemnon is not actually Agamemnon’s. This golden death mask from Mycenae was misattributed by its discoverer, but it remains one of the most famous artifacts from ancient Greeceplus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down10
arrow-up184arrow-down1external-linkTIL the Gold Mask of Agamemnon is not actually Agamemnon’s. This golden death mask from Mycenae was misattributed by its discoverer, but it remains one of the most famous artifacts from ancient Greeceplus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inIamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agomessage-square1fedilink
IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoTIL that in 1799, a French soldier discovered the Rosetta Stone, whose Greek, Demotic, and hieroglyphic texts made ancient Egypt readable again.plus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1799, a French soldier discovered the Rosetta Stone, whose Greek, Demotic, and hieroglyphic texts made ancient Egypt readable again.plus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inIamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square2fedilink
IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoTIL Leonardo da Vinci designed flying machines, armored tanks, and a robot in the 15th century—centuries before their time. His notebooks reveal ideas far ahead of the world he lived in.plus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down11
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL Leonardo da Vinci designed flying machines, armored tanks, and a robot in the 15th century—centuries before their time. His notebooks reveal ideas far ahead of the world he lived in.plus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inIamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square0fedilink
IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoTIL the queen was once the weakest piece in chess until the 15th century, when her powers expanded during a time of rising female monarchs in Europe — changing the game’s pace forever.plus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the queen was once the weakest piece in chess until the 15th century, when her powers expanded during a time of rising female monarchs in Europe — changing the game’s pace forever.plus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inIamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square0fedilink
IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoTIL the Roman Colosseum could be flooded to host full-scale naval battles. Using aqueduct-fed channels, it transformed into a lake where warships reenacted sea battles.plus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the Roman Colosseum could be flooded to host full-scale naval battles. Using aqueduct-fed channels, it transformed into a lake where warships reenacted sea battles.plus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inIamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square0fedilink
