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A comment on Babylonians Were Using Geometry Centuries Earlier Than Thought. Parent comment

Re:Babylonians Were Using Geometry Centuries Earlier Than Th... by anticore on Friday January 29, 2016 @08:04PM (#10999917)
Weird question, but how does one write very rapidly in stone?
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Re:Babylonians Were Using Geometry Centuries Earlier Than Th... by acqq on Friday January 29, 2016 @08:15PM (#10999959)
Clay tablets texts were written in soft clay mass, just pressing the clay with the wooden stylus produces the marks. Only once it's baked it is durable.
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