Hieroglyphic Nest in the Temple of Edfu, Egypt

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GravelPieceOfSword@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 2y

Somehow reminds me of this

SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 26 pts · 2y

I like how the hole is perfectly bird shaped

TheDoctorDonna@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Is it next to a bird? That looks like a bird.

MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 2y (4 replies)

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)

squaresinger@feddit.de · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Maybe bees looked different, 5000 years ago on a different continent?

MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Ha ha yes - bees with horns, what a thought!

squaresinger@feddit.de · 1 pts · 2y

These could be the antenae. I mean, carving into stone doesn't really lend itself well for high-res depictions.

TheDoctorDonna@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Ah, that makes more sense actually, that thing definitely has more than 2 legs.

foofiepie@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 2y

Amun, am I going nuts or are the words moving around the slab?

Deez@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y

As the prophecy foretold.

imgonnatrythis@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Cute, but isn't bird poop errossive AF? Should probably eliminate the infestation.

RegularGoose@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

Living things > inanimate objects.

We've destroyed their habitat, so they have to go somewhere.