Op 19-3-2023 om 08:08 schreef ingo:
> Alain Martel <kua### [at] videotronca> wrote:
> 
>> WHY does the author totally ignore that it could have been made entirely
>> by hand WITHOUT any technology more advanced than Bronze age tools and
>> lot of available time.
>> Once roughly carved, the object can get meticulously refined and
>> smoothed by hand.
> 
> Because they never tried. Because they have no clue what can be achieved with
> simple hand tools and time. Because they don't think about the amount of time
> one had in those days. Time to observe, time to learn a skill, time to produce.
> 
> ingo
> 

Amen.

I was going to answer exactly in this same vein indeed. That whole 
"sophisticated" mathematical description just doesn't prove... anything 
at all about the real technical skill of ancient sculptors.

-- 
Thomas

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