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originally posted by: mcsnacks77
a reply to: Hanslune
The fact that technology declined from the time of the Egyptians and Romans shows that they were shown how to build the technology. They knew how to use all the materials around them but never improved on them because they had no reason to improve on them. They had free labor so they didn’t have to worry about overhead.
The purpose of technology is to make life easier but to them life was already easy. So they didn’t need blueprints or building designs just directions on how to use them. That makes sense. So I guess it was aliens the whole time.
originally posted by: mcsnacks77
a reply to: Hanslune
Hence they wouldn’t want the truth to get out. Their whole tourism attraction is the mystery. That’s where 80% of their economic value derives from.
originally posted by: mcsnacks77
a reply to: Hanslune
The decline came around 100 B.C. Until early Middle Ages.
And the improvements could have been because of the better materials they had available. Some Archaeologists are now saying Egyptians May have invented concrete and that’s how the pyramids were built. Pouring molds, from a kind of Portland cement so that they wouldn’t have had to move the heavy ass blocks.
The Roman's greatly increased their knowledge of technology especially in what we would call engineering, incorporating a great deal of Greek knowledge into their methods. Leading to concrete, extensive use of bricks, vaults, arches and domes. Something the Egyptian had not done (they did have arches but few).
originally posted by: mcsnacks77
a reply to: Hanslune
To build a high powered laser you would use an obelisk shape.
originally posted by: bluesfreak
The Roman's greatly increased their knowledge of technology especially in what we would call engineering, incorporating a great deal of Greek knowledge into their methods. Leading to concrete, extensive use of bricks, vaults, arches and domes. Something the Egyptian had not done (they did have arches but few).
Ah yeh. More of your Ill-founded dismissal.
The AE were making 18 metre high columns from rose granite IN A SINGLE PIECE.
Romans didn’t/could not. Their ‘advanced’ columns were stacked in sections using central pins to hold it together.
The only solid one-piece columns of that size that you’ll find in Ancient Rome are the ones they stole from Egypt and took back home to decorate their city with.
a reply to: Hanslune
Actually, a one-piece stone column represents a lower level of technology, not a higher one