Replicating ancient skills (13 replies)

In theLife and lost civilisation topic, Corpuscles writes:

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I do not have a spare US $1 mill, but if I did, I would put it up as challenge bet, plus costs for someone to prove and replicate it like the original

and as I’m rattling about a bit today – have to stay in for the plumber and have nothing to read – I thought I’d just ramble a bit and put forward an idea or two.

Even if someone with unlimited billions of dollars wanted to replicate Serapeum boxes or an ancient pyramid, particularly the latter, there would be no-one who would take up the challenge. There are multiple reasons, - in ancient times, thousands of people over decades were available for the labour needed and although they were apparently looked after, I don’t suppose they had a choice
- any person today would require proper housing, medical care, and all mod cons, as well as a reasonable wage
- they would have to commit themselves to whatever time it took, working from dawn to dusk and, in order to recreate conditions of the time, could not use artificial lighting to enable them to work through the night
- which country would be prepared to have such a thing built, taking up so much space
it could not even be a TV documentary as it wouldn’t be complete until goodness knows how many decades later
- and of course it would have to be built within a short distance from suitable quarries with massive amounts of similar rock to the original
- any kkind of modern tools or transport would not be allowed; etc, etc;

However, if anyone would say that it would be impossible to do suchh a thing that does not stand up to logic, does it?

If you have read this, thank you!!

Susan