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<blockquote data-quote="Galloglaich" data-source="post: 5245090" data-attributes="member: 77019">Thanks a lot Wolf!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This makes me think of a documentary I saw about Machu Pichu.&nbsp; After listening to the confident explanations of some people that the stones in a particular wall were so strait they could only have been cut with lasers, a local archeologist walked the camera crew over to the nearby quarry where all the stone came from, then using traditional techniques took a half finished block, straightened it out with nothing other than another stone, and added it to an unfinished wall.&nbsp; It was every bit as flat as the others...&nbsp;Yes I agree this is a disease of modern perceptions, which goes to a deep emotional level with many folks.&nbsp; I have this argument with a lot of people including some good friends.&nbsp;&nbsp;It's funny how much they are going back to old Mediterranean diets etc. for heatlh now, having gone full circle through the 1950s improvemetns likke margarine..&nbsp;Have you ever seen the film &quot;With fire and Sword&quot;?&nbsp;&nbsp;Both are fascinating and evocative periods.&nbsp; Pre-Christian Europe is particularly enigmatic, but a huge amount of material&nbsp; has been published by Archeologists in the last 10 years, particularly out of Spain.&nbsp;G.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Galloglaich, post: 5245090, member: 77019"] Thanks a lot Wolf! This makes me think of a documentary I saw about Machu Pichu. After listening to the confident explanations of some people that the stones in a particular wall were so strait they could only have been cut with lasers, a local archeologist walked the camera crew over to the nearby quarry where all the stone came from, then using traditional techniques took a half finished block, straightened it out with nothing other than another stone, and added it to an unfinished wall. It was every bit as flat as the others... Yes I agree this is a disease of modern perceptions, which goes to a deep emotional level with many folks. I have this argument with a lot of people including some good friends. It's funny how much they are going back to old Mediterranean diets etc. for heatlh now, having gone full circle through the 1950s improvemetns likke margarine.. Have you ever seen the film "With fire and Sword"? Both are fascinating and evocative periods. Pre-Christian Europe is particularly enigmatic, but a huge amount of material has been published by Archeologists in the last 10 years, particularly out of Spain. G. [/QUOTE]

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