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Hestia

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14. Engineering an aqueduct may look easy on paper, but without using modern

Wed Sep 11, 2013, 06:27 PM

Sep 2013

surveying tools, precisely build an aqueduct 60 miles long, getting the gradient correct, and connect point A to point B with a error of +/- 1/32 of an inch.

Why do you say they only needed a trickle of water? They had fountains, baths, drinking water and toilets that used running water. A mere trickle won't serve the needs of over 1 million people.

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Stonehenge was built on solstice axis, dig confirms [View all] Eugene Sep 2013 OP

Shhh I believe Laochtine Sep 2013 #1

Finally an answer! Small Accumulates Sep 2013 #2

Bwahahahahaha! progressoid Sep 2013 #3

Awe-inspiring! One's spirit soars. n/t Judi Lynn Sep 2013 #4

Brilliant, I literally laughed out loud! You won this thread, SA! Surya Gayatri Sep 2013 #9

Granite? 46 miles from Wales? Coyotl Sep 2013 #12

The Stonehenge site was active for a long time, starting with timbers. hunter Sep 2013 #44

Interpretations are just that, not facts. Coyotl Sep 2013 #47

I hope you're not mistaking me for some kind of new-age interloper... hunter Sep 2013 #48

Knowing the shortest and longest days of the year, can be a powerful tool happyslug Sep 2013 #5

Isn't it amazing that what has been termed in the past as "stone age" cavemen Hestia Sep 2013 #6

Basic engineering is quite simple, also Longitude needs constant time to be effective. happyslug Sep 2013 #7

Engineering an aqueduct may look easy on paper, but without using modern Hestia Sep 2013 #14

Most Aquaducts were and are ground level happyslug Sep 2013 #15

Göbekli Tepe Coyotl Sep 2013 #13

have you seen "the mystery of chaco canyon"? an amazing documentary on this strange question niyad Sep 2013 #16

Venus is important because her path was tracked? aquart Sep 2013 #19

Looking at the stars was popular before the days of TV happyslug Sep 2013 #25

We've lost our way Cartoonist Sep 2013 #8

"The Dark Ages" was to eliminate intellectuals and impose a feudal system based on religion.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #11

The Dark Ages was a move to strengthen the lower classes and take power from the 1% happyslug Sep 2013 #17

You failed to mention the Church held authority as to who was considered to be "royalty".... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #18

Sure, because nobody with royal blood had ever been executed before. aquart Sep 2013 #21

During the Renaissance such executions were rare happyslug Sep 2013 #26

People were told the richer the king, the better off the kingdom.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #30

Again a Renaissance concept, we are talking about the Dark Ages. happyslug Sep 2013 #32

No, that "rich king being better for you" idea goes WAY back. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #34

Yes, you see it is the Ancient World, Ancient Eygpt, Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece etc happyslug Sep 2013 #35

Actually, you are claiming the Dark Ages was only "dark" for the 1%.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #38

If you read the history, the Church was NOT that independent at that time period happyslug Sep 2013 #39

"the Pope had to be loyal to the the Franks" Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #40

What the POPE said and what the POPE wanted are and were TWO different things happyslug Sep 2013 #41

The Romans originally were after England's tin for bronze production.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #43

I do not see an anti-intellectual attitude in that time period happyslug Sep 2013 #45

While Europe under Christianity went through the Dark Ages, the Muslim World did NOT... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #46

Egypt were purged by the Romans happyslug Sep 2013 #49

Actually, the final blow to Egypt was when the "mad monks of Nitria" tore Hyapatia to pieces.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #50

I see you problem, you are of the Ronald Reagan School of History happyslug Sep 2013 #51

"you get your history from movies." Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #52

I am sorry, movies are a bad source of history happyslug Sep 2013 #53

"I am sorry," Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #54

Sure they had, just not after a trial. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #27

Actually that is NOT a Dark Age concept, That is a Renaissance and Reformation Concept happyslug Sep 2013 #22

By "elected kings" don't you mean "warrior kings"? If you fought for the church you recieved title. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #29

The Church was quick to recognize someone rights to land, when he had troops all over it. happyslug Sep 2013 #31

Let's not forget tax collection and "tribute". Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #33

Actually, that skit misses a problem happyslug Sep 2013 #36

1. Use grammar check or a good friend before you post long pieces. aquart Sep 2013 #20

No one likes the Dark Ages, they try to skip from Rome to the Crusades. happyslug Sep 2013 #23

People ignore it because there is so little believable history from it. Records just sucked. aquart Sep 2013 #24

I have tried to understand Feudalism, something that has been under attack for at least 600 years happyslug Sep 2013 #28

What's your view of feudalism? hunter Sep 2013 #37

That is one of the reason you often have to read between the lines happyslug Sep 2013 #42

I only wish to point out a failing in popular English: a jigsaw IS NOT a jigsaw puzzle HereSince1628 Sep 2013 #10