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• fauria 7y ago
  More generally, out-of-place artifacts: An out-of-place artifact (OOPArt) is an artifact of historical, archaeological, or paleontological interest found in an unusual context, that challenges conventional historical chronology by being "too advanced" for the level of civilization that existed at the time, or showing "human presence" before humans were known to exist. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-place_artifact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-place_artifact
  • new_guy 7y ago
    Not as out of place as popular media would have you believe. Ancient civilizations had analog computers, automatons, steam engines etc the Romans were responsible for destroying most of it, they were only interested in weapons tech, set us back at least two thousand years. Further reading: https://press.princeton.edu/titles/14162.html https://press.princeton.edu/titles/14162.html
    • mc32 7y ago
      Your reference only says that their myths proposed some advanced ideas not that they executed or realized those ideas.