2,000-yr Old Sundial Changes Perception of Ancient Rome

www.haaretz.com ^ | 11/08/2017 | By Ruth Schuster

[Red Badger]

Scan reveals fine detaul of Tubula sundial Faculty of Classics, Cambridge University ===========================================================================================

The Latin inscription on Tubula's sundial Faculty of Classics, Cambridge University

[Red Badger]

PinGGG!....................

[Puppage]

[VanDeKoik]

Something tells me the budget ran thin when it came time to hire someone to do the inscription.

[Red Badger]

Probably bought it at The Sundial Outlet store.

It was probably like when you buy a trophy and have it inscribed later with the winner’s name....

[BobL]

Hell, they had sundials during the Stone Age. Some were even miniaturized so they could be worn as watches.

[Red Badger]

Yes, Solar Powered Watches.
Neanderthals were much smarter than we give them credit for..............

[Fresh Wind]

Fred Flintstone had one of them.

[tet68]

Hell, they had sundials during the Stone Age. Some were even miniaturized so they could be worn as watches.

Hell, they had computers during the IT Age. Some were even miniaturized so they could be worn as watches.

[BobL]

“Fred Flintstone had one of them.”

Exactly. I was hoping ETL would join the thread (see post 6).

[Oratam]

That’s funny. The first thing I thought when I read the headlines was “I have a gweat fwiend in Wome. . . .”

[AppyPappy]

You have to move it to the right 1 foot in November and the left 1 foot in March

[Red Badger]

Dexter in November and sinister in March? I thought it was the other way around...................

[ETL]

[AppyPappy]

Facing it!!

[Red Badger]

What if I’m looking in a mirror?...................

[BykrBayb]

And then you shake it all about.

[BobL]

Thanks! I knew you’d come through!

[bgill]

And later worn as necklaces.

[ETL]