how did past people observe solar eclipses withought damging their eyesight?

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Pre-renaissance, medieval, roman, etc, did they know they shouldn’t look directly at the eclipse?

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During a total eclipse, you are supposed to remove your glasses during totality to see the good stuff.
It’s only the partial part that’s the issue.
So it was perfectly possible to watch the full eclipse in ancient time

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