this post was submitted on 04 Apr 2025
63 points (98.5% liked)

[Dormant] moved to !historyartifacts@piefed.social

1384 readers
1 users here now

COMM MOVED TO !historyartifacts@piefed.social

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
PugJesus@lemmy.world
PugJesus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
63
Manuscript page from Timbuktu, Mali, 1731 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world
10 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 3 points 9 months ago

That's really amazing! As far as I know most languages are pretty unreadable in ancient forms to modern readers. I can definitely say as an English speaker than old English is pretty impenetrable.