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minus-squaresuff@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWorld’s oldest known sundial is 1500 BC
minus-squareshroomato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWell in its basic form it’s a literal stick in the ground, you aren’t gonna get anything more ancient than that.
minus-squaresuff@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoif you can’t read the hours you could just look at the sky.
minus-squareshroomato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI guess, but sun on its own doesn’t really fit the definition of a tool
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