floofloof to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago3,700-year-old Babylonian stone tablet gets translated, changes historywww.upworthy.comexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1413arrow-down130cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1383arrow-down1external-link3,700-year-old Babylonian stone tablet gets translated, changes historywww.upworthy.comfloofloof to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square73fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareÐ Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoIIRC the real situation was that classical texts were traditionally kept away from most public eyes because they were written by pagans, but trusted scholars and religious officials would usually be able to gain access to them if they needed.
IIRC the real situation was that classical texts were traditionally kept away from most public eyes because they were written by pagans, but trusted scholars and religious officials would usually be able to gain access to them if they needed.