@tictac2 to Mildly Interesting • 2 years agoHieroglyphic Nest in the Temple of Edfu, Egyptimagemessage-square12arrow-up1577arrow-down14
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minus-squareMrsDoylelinkfedilink9•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 Singerlinkfedilink5•2 years agoMaybe bees looked different, 5000 years ago on a different continent?
minus-squareSquare Singerlinkfedilink1•2 years agoThese could be the antenae. I mean, carving into stone doesn’t really lend itself well for high-res depictions.
minus-square@TheDoctorDonnalink3•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.