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minus-squareweb suffer@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoWhat would the hourglass look like?
minus-squareraman_klogius@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_clock
minus-squareweb suffer@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoNot even remotely old enough.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agocandle burning down? with nails or something in it that fall out into a metal plate to PING the time
minus-squareweb suffer@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoMost likely. Bit boring though.
minus-squareweb suffer@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoWorld’s oldest known sundial is 1500 BC
minus-squareshroomato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoWell in its basic form it’s a literal stick in the ground, you aren’t gonna get anything more ancient than that.
minus-squareweb suffer@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoif you can’t read the hours you could just look at the sky.
minus-squareshroomato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI guess, but sun on its own doesn’t really fit the definition of a tool
What would the hourglass look like?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_clock
Not even remotely old enough.
candle burning down? with nails or something in it that fall out into a metal plate to PING the time
The sun.
Most likely. Bit boring though.
A sundial
World’s oldest known sundial is 1500 BC
Well in its basic form it’s a literal stick in the ground, you aren’t gonna get anything more ancient than that.
if you can’t read the hours you could just look at the sky.
I guess, but sun on its own doesn’t really fit the definition of a tool