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[–] MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Who's the guy with the long beard?

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] prospero@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

Don't worry buddy, atleast one person got the joke

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In the bottom right. If they meant the stone guy:

The relief was originally found in the palace of King Sargon II at Dur-Sharrukin (modern-day Khorsabad, Iraq).

I don't think there's a specific Arab scholar credited with coming up with the concept of zero.

[–] MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Wasn't it Aryabhatta who came up with the concept of zero?