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Anon is an archeologist

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Submitted ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨greentext@sh.itjust.works⁩

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  • Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    anon: “Why do building go up from the ground?” anon: “Must be aliens!”

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  • masterofn001@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Image

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    • janus2@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      oh hey it’s my lock screen!

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  • stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Without seeing the art, I can think of a few explanations.

    1. The artist is drawing a concept, say an epidemic/disease, as a monster to make it easier to communicate. From what I understand aincient art is often very symbilc, which would fit this very well.
    2. Propaganda, the ruler wants art that shows them as powerfull, strong, and fighting/killing a sky monster is a powerfull message without angering neighbouring leaders into a real conflict.
    3. Fiction/immagination, today works of fiction are very common, so why not in the past as well? Someone painted something just because it looked cool, is that so unresonable?
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    • Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Also, pointy roof make rain and snow fall down better than non-pointy roof.

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    • RadicalEagle@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The more things change the more they stay the same.

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  • Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You mean ancient people saw dinosaur bones and imagined the same sort of monsters, and build their roofs to ward off rain?

    Say it ain’t so!

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  • setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Image

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    • 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hammond of Texas was a good man.

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  • Gullible@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    See also: the true terror of the mollusk horde

    (Each word is a different pic)

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    • feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In an agricultural society, I can see why this would get painted.

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  • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wtf kinda monument points down???

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  • fckreddit@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Aliens… /s

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