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Interesting site on ancient construction
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Interesting site on ancient construction

RE: Interesting site on ancient construction

Thanks for the excellent link...

Dik

RE: Interesting site on ancient construction

Ta OrneryNorsk.

JMW
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RE: Interesting site on ancient construction

"stone casting" in 2000BC ?? ('bout 1/2 way down, immediately above "prehistoric drilling") ... maybe they mean concrete casting (as they go into concrete usage in ancient times later), but i immediately though of casting (ie melting and flowing into a mould) stone would be pretty impossible way back when.

RE: Interesting site on ancient construction

rb1957
I just had a mental picture of this ancient, sticking his mold box at the foot of a volcano, and cutting a gutter for lava down the mountainside.
B.E.

The good engineer does not need to memorize every formula; he just needs to know where he can find them when he needs them.  Old professor

RE: Interesting site on ancient construction

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I just had a mental picture of this ancient, sticking his mold box at the foot of a volcano, and cutting a gutter for lava down the mountainside.

That's a possible solution. smile

There are many skeptics however that believe that it is impossible that humans could have shaped and lifted a rock the weight of 2 semi's with their tools way back then.  

peace
Fe

RE: Interesting site on ancient construction

This little YouTube clip is worth a watch:  a guy demonstrates how to move huge weights without special tools and using only his own effort.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRRDzFROMx0

Multiply to the size of an army, and you get some idea of how some of these things might have been done.  Not to belittle the amazing achievements of ancient civilizations, which are still a mystery- but not one I think we need to invoke space aliens to solve.  

This brings to mind one of my favorite "demotivators"-

http://www.despair.com/achievement.html

RE: Interesting site on ancient construction

Thanks for the links moltenmetal

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Fe

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