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loveritas wrote:
> Hi Corpuscles,
>
> The ancient Romans were indeed adepts at hardstone quarrying
> despite the vapid protestations of those of a queer disposition
> who, for reasons yet to be explained, somehow refuse to
> acknowledge what is distinctly before their glazed-over
> eyeballs.
>
> Below is an abandoned block of goodly tonnage of tonalite
> gneiss at Mons Claudianus showing traces of wedgeholes and
> bottom chiselling. I consider this be hard (very hard) evidence
> of Roman technology which, if accepted, may hopefully, keep
> this thread on track.
>
> But, if not, as some of my Roman friends are wont to say. "Sic
> vita est."
>
>
>
>
>
> lover
>
How did you date those wedge marks?
How many tons is "goodly"?
And by the way, THAT is a blank! And if there were a few of those lying around instead of the finished columns we see there today, I might feel more prone to acquiesce the point.
But what you are willing to accept as hard evidence doesn't cut it in my world. Sorry.
> Hi Corpuscles,
>
> The ancient Romans were indeed adepts at hardstone quarrying
> despite the vapid protestations of those of a queer disposition
> who, for reasons yet to be explained, somehow refuse to
> acknowledge what is distinctly before their glazed-over
> eyeballs.
>
> Below is an abandoned block of goodly tonnage of tonalite
> gneiss at Mons Claudianus showing traces of wedgeholes and
> bottom chiselling. I consider this be hard (very hard) evidence
> of Roman technology which, if accepted, may hopefully, keep
> this thread on track.
>
> But, if not, as some of my Roman friends are wont to say. "Sic
> vita est."
>
>
>
>
>
> lover
>
How did you date those wedge marks?
How many tons is "goodly"?
And by the way, THAT is a blank! And if there were a few of those lying around instead of the finished columns we see there today, I might feel more prone to acquiesce the point.
But what you are willing to accept as hard evidence doesn't cut it in my world. Sorry.
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