Ancient Technology Enthusiasts Club!

[hrodbert696]

I'm too lazy to give out numbers, but if you want to chat about building pyramids, stonehenge, Mayan calendars, the Pythagorean Theorem, or whatever (even Roman concrete), this is your thread.

Picking up from here.

 

[Tom Bomb]

Stonehenge, sure. Have a look at this.
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I used to visit this silly old bird, thought it was a very poor attempt at depicting an emu. Little did I know. Aboriginal Stonehenge: Stargazing in ancient Australia. It's a small world after all. How ancient is ancient, when we keep covering our tracks? Who can tell?

"It is thought the site was built by the Wadda Wurrung people - the traditional inhabitants of the area. All understanding of the rocks' significance was lost, however, when traditional language and practices were banned at the beginning of the 20th Century."
ibid
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Why do they do that?

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[T_Bone_TL]

Why do they do that?

Well, the answer to that would be heading to thread-lock, so figure it out somewhere other than here, I think.

It's not a difficult subject to research, but it has a great depth of people behaving badly towards other people

 

[Tom Bomb]

Thank you. That explains it, pretty much.

Well, the answer to that would be heading to thread-lock, so figure it out somewhere other than here, I think.

… It's not a difficult subject to research …

I'm in.
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[scott sinner]

Here is a musically relevant one. I found it very interesting that humans liked a pentatonic scale, 40,000 years ago. It reminded me of my first theory classes back in the day. One of the first questions from the teacher was ‘are you good at, or like math?’ ‘Yes! Great, this will be fun and easy.’

The ice-age flute that can play The Star-Spangled Banner

 

[Tom Bomb]

Don't panic! The Panflute In Folklore and Literature

panic

"sudden mass terror," especially an exaggerated fright affecting a number of persons without visible cause or inspired by trifling cause or danger, 1708, from an earlier adjective (c. 1600, modifying fear, terror, etc.), from French panique (15c.), from Greek panikon, literally "pertaining to Pan,"
panic | Etymology, origin and meaning of panic by etymonline​

 

[Philonius]

I’m an acupuncturist; does that count?

 

[Yools]

Here is a musically relevant one. I found it very interesting that humans liked a pentatonic scale, 40,000 years ago. It reminded me of my first theory classes back in the day. One of the first questions from the teacher was ‘are you good at, or like math?’ ‘Yes! Great, this will be fun and easy.’

The ice-age flute that can play The Star-Spangled Banner

According to Bobby McFerrin, the pentatonic scale seems to be something deeply ingrained in human psychology. This is one of the most interesting things I've seen in a long time:



-Y

 

[WG Plum]

I still enjoy my tape deck and turntable, does that count?

 

[Tom Bomb]

Music has a hand in so much. This is a good read — Editorial: The Impact of Music on Human Development and Well-Being. I imagine many, being musicians, would attest to the veracity of this awareness. I certainly do. It's a language, pure and simple — one of the most misunderstood levers. And music, being a technology, one developed firstly by birds, takes on some powerful duties. It's a civilizing technology, first and foremost, or we wouldn't even be here.

"In terms of childhood and adolescence, […] musical training is likely to foster enhanced sound encoding in 9 to 15-year-olds and thus be related to reading skills."
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"A Portuguese study […] shifts the center of attention from mental to physical benefits in their study of how learning music can support children's coordination. They provide empirical data on how a sustained, 24-week programme of Orff-based music education, which included the playing of simple tuned percussion instruments, significantly enhanced the manual dexterity and bimanual coordination in participant 8-year-olds compared to their active control (sports) and passive control peers."
ibid
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Lots more to tune into, there.
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[Ostie]

I watch Ancient Aliens on the History Channel a lot. It seems that aliens are responsible for cell phones and the pyramids were their cell towers.

 

[Killing Floor]

Really fascinated by Mayan technology. It’s a near certainty they were using polished optics in their observatories. Because they were known to be skilled at crystal working and also why slot spy holes in observatories that alone with planets and galaxies not visible to the naked eye but easily observed with limited magnification? It’s not a stretch to think they can carve a lens if they can carve a crystal skull or tool.

Also a guide told me Chichen Itza means the wizard of water of the wizard of the water well. That can’t be true. But that’s what he said. Seems shady.

 

[Killing Floor]

I ain’t no student of ancient cultures.
Before I talk I should read a book.
But there is one thing that I do know,
There’s s lot of ruins in Mesopotamia.

 

[Oddly]

As someone who increasingly frequently has to resist the urge to hit people on the head with a sharp rock, I'm in.

 

[RichterScale]

I still enjoy my tape deck and turntable, does that count?

Yup. This already has archeologists baffled.
And it hasn't even been lost for 12k+ years. It's only been obscured by about 40-50 yrs and already has them scratching their heads.

 

[mapleglo]

 

[Mike N]

 

[gln1955]

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I'm saying religious artifact.

 

[dwm74]

Yup. This already has archeologists baffled.
And it hasn't even been lost for 12k+ years. It's only been obscured by about 40-50 yrs and already has them scratching their heads.

No kidding. Try giving one of these to someone under 30...

What's a dial tone? And where can I get the app that turns this on?

 

[gln1955]

No kidding. Try giving one of these to someone under 30...
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What's a dial tone? And where can I get the app that turns this on?

Pretty much indestructible. 31st century archeologists will find these in working order.