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T00l_shed ,

Wow TIL, the ancient Egyptians knew how to harness hydrogen gas! /s

some_guy ,

Haha, you rube. They used helium.

this_1_is_mine ,

Sounds Like a bunch of hot air to me…

T00l_shed ,

Ha! You’ve been bamboozle!

Tar_alcaran ,

Ooooh, i love this idiot! It overlaps my historical leather working hobby with my hatred of pseudohistorical bullshit.

AceFuzzLord ,

Gotta love how some people alive today cannot comprehend the fact humans have been able to build large structures long before we had things like crains and electricity.

I imagine they are the same people who look at something like a castle in the UK built in the 12th century or the great wall of China and assume that it was impossible for humans to have built them because they believe humans were too dumb (ironically) to have figured out how to lift rocks using any other method than crains.

FlyingSquid OP ,
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In case this is of interest to you, since 1997, a group of archaeologists and experts have been building a castle in France as accurately as they can in the way it was done in the 13th century. Apart from adding certain things for safety reasons, they try to be as authentic as possible. Of course, it’s taken decades and it’s still not done… but that’s because it’s a freakin’ castle. (Also, they don’t have a huge workforce, but that’s something else.)

It’s even had a practical use. They were able to apply what they learned when reconstructing Notre Dame after the fire.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guédelon_Castle

There was also a British documentary series about it with three archaeologists from Britain who go to contribute to the project and live in a Medieval style- www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydoRAbpWfCU&list=PL72jhKw…

TachyonTele ,

I tend to think the difference is that the people building it today don’t need to build it, along with the lack of a work force. Necessity is a great motivator.

Tar_alcaran ,

I also doubt they had hundreds and hundreds of workers doing manual labor as part of their taxes. And modern people had slightly different ideas of what acceptable labor is.

Tar_alcaran ,

There are several recreations of old Age of Sail ships, made historically accurate via historical methods, and its been incredibly educational for historians worldwide.

Reenactment like this is extremely useful in recreating information that was either a professional secret, or considered so blatantly obvious nobody ever had to write it down.

Plopp ,

Gotta love how some people alive today cannot comprehend the fact humans have been able to build large structures long before we had things like crains and electricity.

Yeah? You say that but like, uh… where’s your proof, man?

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