Inventions are Modern?

LadyEagle · Sep 29, 2003

Anyone ever hear of "ooparts?"

An increasing number of historical and archaeological finds made around the world have been classified as "out-of-place artifacts" (ooparts). They have been called this because they appear unexpectedly among the ruins of the past with no evidence of a preceding period of development; their technological sophistication seems far beyond the capabilities of ancient peoples.

Drawing on the literature and art of the Chaldeans, Sumerians, Babylonians and others, Rene Noorbergen's contention is that a superior race of man was responsible for these scientific marvels that bear testimony to a civilization with technology comparable to our own.
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So, are "modern inventions" really "modern?"

The Galatian · Sep 29, 2003

Ancient men were no less intelligent than we. The Ionian Greeks were almost at the point of inventing calculus.

A nation in South America had developed a primitive sort of chemical electroplating. The steam engine goes back to Hero of Alexandria. Damascus steel is still a wonder.

But there has never before been the sort of technological explosion that has occured in the last 200 years.

Lots of writers have been awed by the fact that humans were just as sharp 3000 years ago as they are today.

Ho hum...

LadyEagle · Sep 30, 2003

Last I heard, modern science has never been able to duplicate the mortar used in the Great Pyramid.

And check this out...

Batteries of Babylon

In 1938, Dr. Wilhelm Kong, an Austrian archaeologist rummaging through the basement of the museum, made a find that was to drastically alter all our concepts of "ancient knowledge." A 6-inch-high pot of bright yellow clay dating back two millennia contained a cylinder of sheet-copper 5 inches by 1.5 inches. The edge of the copper cylinder was soldered with a 60-40 lead-tin alloy comparable to today's solder. The bottom of the cylinder was capped with a crimped-in copper disk and sealed with bitumen or asphalt. Another insulating layer of asphalt sealed the top and also held in place an iron rod suspended into the center of the copper cylinder. The rod showed evidence of having been corroded with an acidic agent. With a background in mechanics, Dr. Konig recognized this configuration was not a chance arrangement -- the clay pot was nothing less than an ancient electric battery.

The ancient battery in the Baghdad Museum, as well as those others which were unearthed in Iraq, are all dated from the Parthian occupation between 248 BCE and 226 CE. However, Dr. Konig also found copper vases plated with silver in the Baghdad Museum, excavated from Sumerian sites in southern Iraq, dating back to at least 2500 BCE. When the vases were lightly tapped, a blue patina or film separated from the surface, which is characteristic of silver electroplated onto copper base. It would appear then that the Parthians inherited their batteries from one of the earliest known civilizations.
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The Galatian · Oct 1, 2003

A tribe of Andean Indians had, about the same time, perfected a more elegant way to place a thin layer of gold on silver and copper objects, using electrochemical processes.

Electricity was known in ancient times, indeed, the word "electricity" is from "electrum", the Greek word for amber (because it would give off static electricity when stroked with fur)

That it had other, more impressive uses wasn't suspected until the late 1600s.

ChurchBoy · Oct 1, 2003

An electric battery was disovered in Iraq that dates back over 2000 years.

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