floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago3,700-year-old Babylonian stone tablet gets translated, changes historywww.upworthy.comexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1403arrow-down130
arrow-up1373arrow-down1external-link3,700-year-old Babylonian stone tablet gets translated, changes historywww.upworthy.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squareoDDmON@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·11 months agoArticle originally appeared 07/22/21. Any follow up?
minus-squareasdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·11 months agoActually it’s from 2017: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/24/mathematical-secrets-of-ancient-tablet-unlocked-after-nearly-a-century-of-study
minus-squareSpicyLizards@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·11 months agoOlder even - 2017: https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-just-solved-a-maths-problem-on-this-3-700-year-old-clay-tablet The news articles seem a bit off though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plimpton_322?wprov=sfla1
Article originally appeared 07/22/21. Any follow up?
Actually it’s from 2017: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/24/mathematical-secrets-of-ancient-tablet-unlocked-after-nearly-a-century-of-study
Older even - 2017: https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-just-solved-a-maths-problem-on-this-3-700-year-old-clay-tablet
The news articles seem a bit off though.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plimpton_322?wprov=sfla1