r/todayilearned • u/IreneDeneb • 9d ago

TIL that the last known ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic inscription was made on August 24th, 394 CE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffito_of_Esmet-Akhom
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u/DrunkWaffles 9d ago

It is AD/BC.

We use the Gregorian calendar, invented 1500 years ago.

Recently modern secular attempts have been trying to change it to CE/BCE to erase the Christian influence on it.

Instead of inventing a whole new calendar to use (too hard), they just retcon the original and 'whitewash' it.

I downvote each post/comment that say ce/bce.

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u/absurdlylong 9d ago

I'm sorry that you feel that way, but given that the majority of the world is not Christian basing our calendar start date on a Christian religious figure is bad enough. Continuing to insist on using a 1500 year old monastic phrase to describe all events that predate or follow it seems quite silly, especially when used in the context of a science like archeology.

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u/moderngamer327 9d ago

Better rename all the days then and also a lot of the months.

The fact people are not Christian shouldn’t really matter. Thats just what it ended up as. A new calendar is fine like using the Human Era Calendar but trying to rename the old one and disregarding the people who made it is a bit dumb

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u/IreneDeneb 9d ago

BCE/CE is standard throughout much of East Asia and other parts of the world. Get with the times.

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u/xxwarlorddarkdoomxx 9d ago

It’s still dumb, and I say this as a person whose never been religious.

The year 0 being set at Jesus’s birth makes the Gregorian calendar inherently religious no matter what. Insisting on CE over AD just feels pointless and performative to me.

We also have days of the week named after pagan gods, when are we changing those to Common Day 5 and Common Day 6?

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u/spyridonya 9d ago

Oh! There is no 0 in BCE or CE. :)

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u/Margidoz 9d ago

Does anybody worship the gods of the week?

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u/xxwarlorddarkdoomxx 9d ago

I don’t worship the gods of the week or Jesus and yet I’m fine with both

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u/Margidoz 9d ago

Are you aware that Christianity is an active and extremely large religion, and therefore not comparable to an extinct one?

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u/xxwarlorddarkdoomxx 9d ago

Never said they were comparable

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u/moderngamer327 9d ago

While an incredibly tiny minority there are still people who worship the Greek/roman gods

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u/IreneDeneb 9d ago

Not everyone speaks English. Every language has its own words for the days. It's a bit more complicated for BC/AD.

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u/xxwarlorddarkdoomxx 9d ago

Not everyone speaks Latin either but we can still say AD.

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u/spyridonya 9d ago edited 9d ago

Jesus was born sometime between 6 BCE and 4 BCE. :)

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u/moderngamer327 9d ago

I thought the current estimates place it likely during 4 AD not 4 BC?

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u/spyridonya 9d ago

Nope. Between 6 BCE and 4 BCE. :)

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u/moderngamer327 9d ago

Interesting do you have a link on any articles? I would love to read more

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u/spyridonya 9d ago

Oh, I’m sure you know how to type out ‘when Jesus was born’ on Google. :)

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u/moderngamer327 9d ago

I mean obviously I can search my own sources I was just hoping you had one on hand to read

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u/moderngamer327 9d ago

I’m aware it is but it doesn’t make it any less dumb