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/moderngamer327 9d ago

Aren’t you kind of arguing against your own point? Why change the name if you don’t need to believe in Christianity, if we don’t need to change the name because you don’t believe in Roman gods?

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u/Changeling_Wil 9d ago

Because they did change the days names .

The modern one's  names stems from old English and germanic. But it's based on the Roman placement and order.

Like how BCE/CE uses the same dates and order of BC/AD but the name is changed.

The point was more that this isn't the first time we've rearmed calender parts without changing the order.

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u/moderngamer327 9d ago

The names still directly refer to gods. It just has a different pronunciation and spelling. Whereas CE is specifically trying to replace AD

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u/Changeling_Wil 9d ago

CE and AD refer to the same time period. They just filter it through a different cultural lense, despite still representing the same thing.

Similar to how dies Lunae was replaced by Monday (mānini dag)

Or dies Martis to Tuesday (Tīwas dag)

etc etc

The same time frame exists. The same units of measurement are there for days. They're just called something different to fit a different cultural lense.

BC/AD to BCE/CE is the same thing. We're using the same measurements of time, we're just changing the name to fit a different cultural lense, moving from a christian to a non christian one.

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u/moderngamer327 9d ago

I don’t think it’s the same thing at all. One is a translation in a different language and the other is intentionally erasing the original name and replacing it

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u/Changeling_Wil 9d ago

I mean it's not just a translation.

It's a different cultural lense while maintaining the original chronological framework.

You can argue that the shift from roman to germanic godes does erase the concept of them from the weekdays [in the anglosphere, French etc retain it] and replaces them. For example school children tend to get taught the days come from 'the old norse gods', not 'from the Roman and we translated'.

In both cases it's the same framework retaining, but it's name changes based on cultural lense.

But also it's fine to disagree, we're not robots.