THE 6 ADVANCED PREHISTORIC INVENTIONS BEYOND THE MODERN UNDERSTANDING
GREEK FIRE – THE MYSTERIOUS CHEMICAL WEAPON ■These Byzantines of 7th-12th centuries toss the mysterious substance in their enemies in the naval combat. The liquid, shot by the siphons or tubes, burned in the water and could be extinguished only with sand, urine and vinegar. The Byzantines guarded this secret jealously, making sure only the selected few knew a secret, and the information was finally lost in total.
FLEXIBLE GLASS: THE SUBSTANCE TOO PRECIOUS ■ The three prehistoric accounts of the substance famous as the veteran flexible or the flexible glass aren’t clear enough in identifying that the substance really existed. The tale of the invention was initially told by Petronius.
AN ANTIDOTE FOR EVERY POISON ■ The so-called “global antidote” against every poison was believed to have been cultivated by King of Pontus, Mithridates VI and perfected by the personal physician of Emperor Nero. The first ever formula had been lost, explained by Adrienne Mayor, the historian and the folklorist of science and the Stanford University, in the 2008 paper, labeled as “Greek Fire, the Poison Arrows and Scorpion Bombs: The Biological and the Chemical Warfare of the Ancient World.”
THE HEAT-RAY WEAPON ■ The Greek Mathematician Archimedes developed the heat-ray weapon which defied the Discovery Channel’s skills of the “Mythbusters” to duplicate in 2004. The Mayor explained the weapon as the “ranks of the polished bronze shields dazzling the rays of the sun at enemy ships.”
ROMAN CONCRETE â– The huge Roman structures that lasted for centuries are the testaments to the benefits of the Roman concrete that had over the concrete being used nowadays, which showed signs of degradation right after 50 years.
DAMASCUS STEEL â– During the medieval times, the swords made of the substances named as the Damascus steel was produced in the part of the Middle East out from the raw material, called as Wootz steel, of Asia. It was surprisingly tough. It was not that metal really strong would be faked again.
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