c/ancientinternet · by hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2yFR I hate it when I can't read my sundial 128 points · 10 comments · view on lemmy.world
10 Comments
teft@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
Why would anyone need to know the time besides when to plant? Give me a good star based calendar any night of the week.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
Anything other than day and night and the changing of the seasons is new-fangled and useless.
meleethecat@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I’m sure you’re joking, but finding the position of the sun is (or was) important for navigation too. Vikings used to use crystals to locate the sun when it was cloudy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunstone_(medieval)
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
What kind of kings?
casmael@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Kings of the crystal caves apparently - he said they had crystals
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Is this king willing to trade crystals? Because I have all this copper I got from Ur...
spittingimage@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
Poor Aham-Nishi. I keep telling you a water clock won't invite demons into your home...
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 2y
YES IT WILL.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
If it's cloudy, the city's god does not wish you to know the time.
PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Sorry I'm late, boss. Sundial wasn't working this morning