Technology of the Gods: The Incredible Sciences of the Ancients | 
so-soChildress definitely has some interesting insights, e.g. starting off with the water-sewage systems or metallurgy of ancient cultures. Then you keep on wondering if they had those advanced technologies, why not other ones like flying or computers as well. Of course there are a lot of artefacts worldwide that cannot be explained by now, but I am not sure if the lost culture of Atlantis can be the master key for everything because then you can‘t…
MariaW prove it. 2d
Bookwomble The ancient Greeks invented a steam engine, but it was a child's toy as they did not have the technology to mass produce the materials to scale it up to do work. I guess it's about socio-economic context and the wider innovations needed before a technology finds it's time. 2d
