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“Given the soft nature of bronze, historians have previously wondered whether such blades served a ceremonial purpose, rather than a practical purpose on the battlefield. A few years ago, scientists even staged sword fights in order to learn more about how the Bronze Age weapons could have been used effectively in battle, despite being much easier to damage and harder to repair than their iron successors.”
Scientists a sword fight?! Yes:
I totally failing to understand all the acorn references. What is going on.
They wear “only Vans”.
For me Mastodon is still growing and getting more interesting, with more and more formal institutions joining (newspapers, NGOs, government institutions etc.).
I’m under 37 and also scratching my (European) head. Is this one of those insane US things?
30-40000 sounds like a safe bet
They probably made decisions with the game “rock death trauma”.
912·2 years agoI dont understand why this post is downvoted so much. It is calling the people who undermine Lemmy with CP Nazis (which they probably are) and points out some historical context of a specific term. I thought Lemmy would be up for that.
Bobb Rossbot would be a very compassionate terminator.
While we’re at it, let’s also celebrate the future cure of cancer, and the eventual reversal of global warming.
That will teach it a lesson.
Having robbed the world for decades, and having personally solidified a rapacious system, these people are responsible for a lot of past and future misery, ranging from missed opportunities to death and disease.
15·2 years agoI find it useful to have offline access to email.
Someone once told me to that words for things that are not traded across linguistic borders exhibit more linguistic diversity (as in, neighbouring countries use completely different words that share no common etymological roots etc.). Butterfly is one key example.