I wish I could add something to this neato-cool blog post about ancient water organs, a predecessor of our modern church organ, but the author has said it all. And what the author has to say is really worth reading.
I wish I could add something to this neato-cool blog post about ancient water organs, a predecessor of our modern church organ, but the author has said it all. And what the author has to say is really worth reading.
That’s cool. The level of knowledge the Romans had is amazing – I mean, concrete that hardened under water, fe.? It took centuries for that to be reinvented. I’m sure that if the Roman Empire had been around longer, things like steam technology would have appeared much earlier than they did.
BTW, I posted a comment on your post about Mark Antony (in case that got pushed into the blog dungeon already. 😉 )
Oh yeah, and I got to write about that concrete in the sequel to Lily of the Nile 😉 I saw your comment on the other blog post. I just haven’t had a chance to go back!
Roman concrete is awesome. The pylons of the Roman bridge in Trier survived 2000 years and still support a bridge that’s used. You won’t find any modern building that survives so long.