• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Bottom row, second from the left… is she holding a helicopter toy? The propeller-blades-on-a-stick type thing?

    Has there been any evidence that they understood things like generating lift? I’d have guessed that came WAY later.

    Or is this a drawing of some kind of paddle or something that has nothing to do with flight?

    • PassingDuchy@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 months ago

      Women to the left and right of that one appear to be holding crowns and laurel leaves (sign of triumph for Romans). So I assume the one you’re referencing is holding the winner’s sceptor for some kind of games this is possibly referencing.