>Are you saying there’s not ancient technology or civilization that’s lost to us? Archeology is based on the record, so we only know as much as we have of the

>Are you saying there’s not ancient technology or civilization that’s lost to us? Archeology is based on the record, so we only know as much as we have of the record. Like most sciences the archeological record is subject to new discoveries. The problem is the way “lost civilization” and “ancient high technology” are most often used disingenuously. For example we don’t have the exact formulas to replicate Greek fire nor Roman concrete as they were valuable secrets of the times. The equivalence of me arguing “Greek fire and Roman concrete is proof of a ‘lost high technology’ and evidence for older ‘lost civilization’ from the before the ice age, lost to a cataclysm, and mainstream archeology rejects my theories because of a vast conspiracy against amateur archeologists” then placing the burden of proof on “academics” to find evidence no such civilization exists.