Ep. 68 Lost Technology: How Ancient Knowledge Has Been Erased By Time

This episode is all about inventions, techniques, and resources that have been lost or forgotten throughout the ages. From ancient construction techniques to puzzling inventions like the Antikythera mechanism, Greek Fire, and the Archimedes Heat Ray, I'll try to unravel the mysteries of the past and get to the bottom of how advanced technology becomes lost to the ages.  

Sources: 

• Listverse "10 Ancient Technologies We Cannot Recreate Today"
• Smithsonian Magazine "Why the Pantheon Hasn't Crumbled"
• MIT "Archimedes Death Ray: Idea Feasibility Testing" 
• Scientific American "An Ancient Greek Astronomical Calculation Machine Reveals New Secrets"
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute "Antikythera Shipwreck"
• nachi.org "The History of Concrete"
• Encyclopedia Britannica "Greek Fire"
• Purdue University "Damascus Steel"
• Ancient Origins "Unravelling the mystery behind the megalithic stone walls of Saksaywaman"
• The Archaeologist "An Unbreakable Story: The Lost Roman Invention of Flexible Glass"
• BBC "The Mystery of the Lost Roman Herb" 
• University of Texas at San Antonio Press "Controlling Their Bodies: Ancient Roman Women and Contraceptives" 
• worldhistory.org "Silphium"

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