@[email protected] to [email protected]English • edit-21 month agoOver 3,000 years ago the Assyrians developed a remarkably advanced underwater technique, as illustrated in this ancient relief. It shows Assyrian soldiers using goatskin bags filled with air to breathi.redd.itimagemessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1173
arrow-up1173imageOver 3,000 years ago the Assyrians developed a remarkably advanced underwater technique, as illustrated in this ancient relief. It shows Assyrian soldiers using goatskin bags filled with air to breathi.redd.it@[email protected] to [email protected]English • edit-21 month agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish45•1 month ago“It shows ancient Assyrians using skins, presumably of goats, as swimming floats 3000 years ago Figure 2). Such bladders and inflated skins are known to have been used as swimming equipment in many parts of the world.” Publication
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish23•1 month agoSo… he’s not sucking air out to scuba dive, he’s blowing air in to float.
“It shows ancient Assyrians using skins, presumably of goats, as swimming floats 3000 years ago Figure 2). Such bladders and inflated skins are known to have been used as swimming equipment in many parts of the world.” Publication
So… he’s not sucking air out to scuba dive, he’s blowing air in to float.