A detailed look into ancient advanced technology, science, and
medicine--some of which has yet to be reproduced today * Explores
countless examples of ancient high tech, including robotics,
artificial intelligence, aircraft, solar-powered cannons,
high-speed drills, illuminated underground temples, massive
refrigerators, and subterranean cities * Examines evidence of
advanced medicine in ancient times * Includes examples from ancient
Egypt, China, Greece, Babylon, Siberia, the Americas, and India The
first self-igniting match was invented in 1805 by Jean Chancel, a
French chemist. Yet, in Babylon, 3,600 years before, identical
sulfur matches were in common use. On the Panchavarnaswamy Temple
in India, built millennia ago, there is a detailed carving of a man
on a bicycle, yet the bicycle wasn't invented in the modern world
until 1817. These inventions are only two examples of technology
lost in the Dark Ages. Exploring the sophisticated tech achieved by
ancient civilizations hundreds and thousands of years ago, Frank
Joseph examines evidence of robotics and other forms of artificial
intelligence; manned flight, such as hot-air balloons and gliders;
and military science, including flamethrowers, biological warfare,
poison gas, and solar-powered cannons. He reveals how ancient
construction engineers excavated subterranean cities, turned stone
walls into glass, lifted 100-ton blocks of granite, illuminated
underground temples and pyramids, and stored their food in massive
refrigerators. Examples explored in the book include the first
known alarm clock, invented by Plato in 4th-century-BC Greece;
600-year-old Aztec whistles that reproduce animal sounds and human
voices with uncanny accuracy; Stone Age jewelry from Siberia worked
by a high-speed drill; sex robots in ancient Troy, Greece, and
China; ancient Egyptian aircraft; and India's iron pillar exposed
to sixteen hundred years of monsoons but still standing rust-free.
The author also explores evidence of advanced medicine in ancient
times, particularly in Egypt and China, from brain surgery,
optometry, and prosthetics to dentistry, magnet therapy, and cancer
cures. By examining the achievements of our ancient ancestors, we
can not only reverse-engineer their inventions but also learn from
their civilizations' mistakes, enabling us to avoid more dark ages.
Imagine how scientifically advanced humanity would be if our early
achievements had escaped destruction and been allowed to develop?
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