https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concrete-durability-lime-casts-0106

Riddle of Roman Concrete solved!

Almost as important as the Riddle of Steel!

#tech #ancienttech

"As these guys showed, you don't have to be super trained to carry a log,"

How scientists hauling logs on their heads may have solved a Chaco Canyon mystery
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-scientists-hauling-chaco-canyon-mystery.html#!

#ancienttech #logistics #survivalskills

I came across this gem today, used as a bookmark in a Douglas Coupland novel, while reorganizing my home library. Ah, college. #cpp #AncientTech

I always felt a deep kinship with Windows 3.0, being a single-tasking, single-threaded kind of a guy myself.

#ancientTech #Humor

I submit to you an in-depth one-hour lecture by Richard Talbert on the fascinating portable Roman sundials --- which were probably more of a fashion and status statement than anything!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5fxA_9t80I

#LateAntiquity #AncientTech #sundials

If there is one of the games I worked on I never expected streamers to play, it must be Loaded 4 Bear for Atari 2600. Yes, you read that right. #ancienttech #nostalgia

https://youtu.be/X1RFMl8MFZk?t=3301