What's New In History - Go Fly a (Desert) Kite
At the dawn of aviation pilots were seeing what looked like enormous kites (4 kilometers enormous!) throughout the Arabian desert. It turns out they are something ingenious thought up by our ancestors at the dawn of civilization.
Check out this episode with Bernie and Dan to learn all about them!
Links
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2022-09-02-oxford-archaeologists-discover-monumental-evidence-prehistoric-hunting-across
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/scientists-have-cracked-the-origins-of-desert-kites-massive-prehistoric-patterns-that-were-carved-into-the-middle-eastern-desert-2225003
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/17/world/oldest-architectural-plans-stone-age-megastructures-scn/index.html
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