this post was submitted on 27 Aug 2023
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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 26 points 2 years ago

I like how the hole is perfectly bird shaped

[–] GravelPieceOfSword@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 years ago

Somehow reminds me of this

[–] TheDoctorDonna@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] TheDoctorDonna@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] foofiepie@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Deez@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

As the prophecy foretold.

[–] imgonnatrythis@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] RegularGoose@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Living things > inanimate objects.

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