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   simpsonfan2 said, 6 months ago

   A lot more complicated than the Pyramids. Those were mostly just a solid mass, the Coliseum had all those passageways, levels, arches and such.
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   Michael Farren said, 6 months ago

   The Pyramids also have passageways, levels and such. Kind of short on the arches, I admit.
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   Prof danglais said, 6 months ago

   And with all the lifting and shifting power and technology we have available to us today, all we can construct are pre-formed concrete, steel and glass carbuncles.
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   MrJimCos said, 6 months ago

   So the slaves figured out the inclined planes, pulleys and levers? Sure they did. Leave it to the guys actually doing the work to find an easier way.
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   arsmall said, 6 months ago

   @Prof danglais

   Or like my husband does for a living, pump the concrete in through a 48 meter z boom truck…or for the hi-rise he’s on now, mount the boom on a pedestal in the future elevator shaft and jack it every time they poor a new floor. Try about 40 stores high on a frame made to sway with the wind.

   Yes, I stay on my knees.
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   basicallystupid15 said, 6 months ago

   I figured they just used a skyhook to life them and a wanglerbar to move them in place.
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   wagnertinatlanta said, 6 months ago

   basically — I just googled wanglerbar and the only thing that came up is a watering hole in Katy, Texas. I congratulate you on inventing a totally new tool and a totally new name for it. Tangentially, the Wrangler Bar is “the only Wild West saloon in Bahrain.” Really.
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   SusieSchroeder said, 6 months ago

   They had cranes and levers, just not as big as ours, and all muscle powered
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   Toronto2 said, 6 months ago

   They used Leonardo’s helicopter.
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    hippogriff said, 6 months ago

    Mr.JimCos: The slaves that did the designing were mostly educated Greeks. They were the most sought-after teachers too. The rest, they stole from the Etruscans.
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    comicsssfan said, 6 months ago

    It’s been recently discovered that the gladiators were vegetarian, eating mostly barley. And a lot of it because they had to have a layer of fat on them to protect against cuts. They also ate a burnt wood substance for the calcium.
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