"Anthony D. Baye" <Sha### [at] spamnomorehotmailcom> wrote:
> For anyone who wishes to accept it.
>
> In one of my favorite books (Web of Angels, John M. Ford - 1980) the author
> posits two types of history-changing artefacts that might be found.
>
> The first type, he names the Antikythera (a reference to the Antikythera
> mechanism)
>
> The Antikythera is an artefact which re-defines the technological capabilities
> or scientific prowess of an ancient civilization.
>
> The second type, he calls the Ozymandias. An Ozymandias is an artefact
> discovered in the ruins of an ancient civilization which could not possibly have
> come from that civilization.  The name comes from the poem by Percy Bisshe
> Shelley, because "Nothing beside remains"
>
> The existence of an Ozymandias ostensibly points to an even older civilization
> of which there is no previous record.
>
> So the challenge, for anyone who cares to attempt it, is to come up with an
> artefact of one type or the other and put it in a suitable context.
>
> Regards,
> A.D.B.
>
> P.S. Web of Angels is an excellent read, if you can find a copy.  It's arguably
> the earliest example of Cyberpunk, prefiguring Gibson by three years, and I love
> the idea of the galaxy-spanning computer network, which he calls The Web.

http://documentaries.org/cid-films/dragons-of-jim-green/

not a known relative, even tho he has my name.

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