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> Egyptians during the Ptolemy era had knowledge comparable to the one we will acquire again 18th century Citation needed, especially given the “comparable”.
by gattilorenz 2y ago
> Egyptians during the Ptolemy era had knowledge comparable to the one we will acquire again 18th century
Citation needed, especially given the “comparable”.
The “dark age’s revisionism” afaik doesn’t claim that there was no loss of technical and philosophical knowledge (not that the average roman soldier would normally be a philosopher…), but that it’s limited to a few centuries. By the 12th and 13th century it’s very difficult to speak of dark ages.
- atmosx 2y agoThisnlink is not the one that I had in mind - a Wikipedia link that talks specifically about blood circulation details explained in ancient Egyptian mummification texts rediscovered in Europe during that time - but in some sense it is more accurate[^1]. [^1]: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4290745/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4290745/