Have we made anything more advanced than a pyramid?

Question

There isn't anything we've made that we don't know how to make. Sony could make an Ipod if they wanted to. It wouldn't be hard for them to reverse engineer and duplicate, even factories in china are able to duplicate many well known devices. So if we can't do that with the pyramids how are we more technologically advanced exactly? You could argue that they wouldn't be able to duplicate our items of interest but that argument doesn't solve the question it's just a retort. And maybe they coul duplicate our technology if they had access to it, we will never know. The minds who made the pyramids and understood whatever it is they needed to understand could conceivably been able to reverse engineer any of our items and duplicate and understand them. Especially with time. Those pyramids are ancient. We haven't known in thousands of years how they were made. If you gave the people that made them thousands of years to figure out an Ipod do you really think they wouldn't be able to.

Answer 1

Well it's arguable as to whether ancient people would be able to duplicate what we invent today but who can really say given their level of intelligence and knowledge.



Our modern technology is the result of thousands of years of trial and error and knowledge accumulated over the centuries. But there are evidences that ancient man was indeed highly intelligent and skilled in ways we find hard to duplicate even today...and not just in the construction of the pyramids. Some ancient swords from India and Greece have metallurgy we cannot duplicate. There are evidences in ancient Egyptian artifacts that were core drilled at rates faster than we do so today in some of the hardest rocks on earth....they obviously had access to or developed diamond coated drills and machining techniques. There are many evidences that ancient people developed things thousands of years ago that were lost over time and had to be reinvented.



Around 2000 yeas ago, an inventor in ancient Greece named Heron invented such things as steam power, jet and rocket power, analog computers, robotics, automatons, pneumatics, syringes, coin-operated vending machines, etc... Artifacts have been found which suggest that ancient people developed optical lenses, tooth fillings and dentistry, plastic surgery, trepanation, minor brain surgery and a host of other things, Platinum and aluminum objects have been found dating to ancient times yet they are supposedly recent technologies. Some footwear found on an ancient man called Otzi the Iceman is reportedly being copied because of it's high quality in insulating properties.



"The shoes were waterproof and wide, seemingly designed for walking across the snow; they were constructed using bearskin for the soles, deer hide for top panels, and a netting made of tree bark. Soft grass went around the foot and in the shoe and functioned like warm socks. The shoes have since been reproduced by experts and found to constitute such excellent footwear that there are plans for commercial production. "

crystalinks.com/oetzi.html



Given enough time and labor and a learning process, I'm sure we could replicate the pyramids but the question still remains elusive as to how exactly they did build such things given the time period and how other cultures did as well. Some structures in South America like Puma Punku and others seem more advanced than the pyramids in some ways and also have similar construction methods in other ways...drilled holes in rocks, metal block ties or staples, etc...



Ancient knowledge and construction techniques......

http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/constructiontechniques.htm



This guy knows a few things on how to move large objects and stones......

http://theforgottentechnology.com/



Optics.....

http://www.newdawnmagazine.com/Article/The_Crystal_Sun.html



http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2007/01/24/early-optical-technology





Dentistry....

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/04/0405_060405_teeth_drill.html



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4882968.stm



Trepanation and brain surgery.......

http://www.crystalinks.com/earlymedical.html





Ancient machinery.....

"Craftsmen in ancient China were using complex machines to work jewellery long before such devices are traditionally thought to have been invented"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3792819.stm



"Stone age craftsmen in China were polishing objects using diamond 2,000 years before anyone else had the same idea, new evidence suggests."

"Harvard University physicist Peter Lu and colleagues studied four ceremonial burial axes, the oldest of which dates to about 4,500 years ago. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4555235.stm



Metallurgy...platinum and aluminum objects....

http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/metallurgy.htm

Answer 2

Neither can we build a Saturn V or a Model T or the SR-71.



The reason isn't a lack of technology. it's that technology has advanced.



The SR-71 (aka "blackbird") still holds several air records. It was designed using slide rules. How many have seen a slide rule, much less learned how to use on?



The Model T used materials that have been discarded. Ever heard of "babbitt material" or "Wire Loom"? Toss in the environment and OSHA regulations and it's not likely an authentic Model T line could even be set up.



The Saturn V? Take just the Apollo Guidance Computer. A smart phone has more memory and capacity.



PBS showed "This Old Pyramid" and "Rasing the Obelisk" replicated building the structures. While the replicators had to relearn techniques there wasn't anything mysterious or anything that involved advanced technology. During the pyramid show several New Agers came to promote their theories. One claimed the stones were poured in place like concrete. Cut mares, uneven sides etc. not withstanding. The stonemason building the pyramid finally muttered something about keeping people away and he'd get the thing built on time.



The Luxor Pyramid on Las Vegas is a modern pyramid. It has over 4,000 rooms, is 350-feet high, and it's base is a 556-foot square. The Great Pyramid in Giza was 481 feet tall, with a base of 755 feet. However the Luxor is covered in black glass, an impossibility for Egyptians. It's not that we can't build the Great Pyramid, it's why should we?

Answer 3

They are beginning to understand how the pyramids were made. Just because we know this doesn't mean we want to make another one. And just because the ancient Egyptians did amazing things with the technology of their time doesn't mean they could duplicate or build an analog watch. There is no way even with assistance they could build an airplane. There are some concepts their mind simply could not understand. Remember their civilization did not change significantly for 4000 years. That does not indicate forward moving thought.

Answer 4

I'm not sure I understand your question. While there may be some question on the specifics of how the pyramids were originally built, there's no doubt that we could built the same thing today.

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Sorry but you are mistaken. The reason we don't built such things now is not that it can't be done (even reusing the technology of ancient Egypt) but that we have no will to expend resources on that scale to build something that useless. Pyramids aren't magical or mysterious, they're just big piles of rocks.

Answer 5

> Have we made anything more advanced than a pyramid?

Yes. A modern skyscraper.



> We haven't known in thousands of years how they were made

We have a pretty good idea how they were made.



> We cannot make the same pyramid they made

We could. But that's a huge investment of manpower (thousands of people) and time (several decades) and resources (LOTS of trees for rollers, lots of ropes, lots of barges). It's prohibitively expensive these days. We just don't worship our rulers any more. Well, most of us don't.

Answer 6

True, but the Gateway Arch in St. Louis is another example of this. They said it would be impossible to build as it was designed and many lives would be lost in its building. Yet, today it stands and not one life was lost when it was built.

Answer 7

The world



The universe



Humans



Take your pick!!!!!

Answer 8

no