"father of lies" bah!!
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/mar/17/nile-shipwreck-herodotus-archaeologists-thonis-heraclion
Mind you I'm still a bit unclear about the construction method :hmm:
A diagram would help.
I posted about this in the archaeology thread
Herodotus was generally a skeptical fellow. Like that story of the Phoenician sailors going so far south that the stars were different--he called bullshit on that. :)
My favorite of his stories that *might* be rooted in truth is about the gold-digging ants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold-digging_ant
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 18, 2019, 06:12:42 AM
I posted about this in the archaeology thread
Ok, missed it.
Quote from: Grinning_Colossus on March 18, 2019, 06:16:50 AM
Herodotus was generally a skeptical fellow. Like that story of the Phoenician sailors going so far south that the stars were different--he called bullshit on that. :)
The most famous one is when he called bullshit on the Nile floods being caused by melting snow; because and any fule kno that it is far to hot for there to be snow south of Egypt :P
Quote from: Syt on March 18, 2019, 06:39:21 AM
My favorite of his stories that *might* be rooted in truth is about the gold-digging ants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold-digging_ant
Not true as they live in Brest-Litovsk
Quote from: Caliga on March 18, 2019, 11:53:36 AM
Quote from: Syt on March 18, 2019, 06:39:21 AM
My favorite of his stories that *might* be rooted in truth is about the gold-digging ants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold-digging_ant
Not true as they live in Brest-Litovsk
Does anyone there truly live?
On account of the giant ants, it might be difficult?
I liked the story of the guy who rode Dolphins when his boat capsized.