Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hotwheelsearl, post: 4377212, member: 75143&quot;]I think there are a lot of things that people can’t do NOW, but were normal back then.</p><p><br /></p><p>Very few people today carve statues or gems without electric power tools. So, it’s almost inconceivable that the ancients could so something 2000 years ago that we “can’t” do today.</p><p><br /></p><p>In more of an ancient theme, imperial porphyry was an extremely hard purple stone that was worth more than its weight in gold, and was often sculpted into sarcophagi and statues at the orders of the emperor. By the late empire, the knowledge on how to carve porphyry was entirely lost, and people began to wonder about the “magical power” of their predecessors who COULD carve it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nobody knows how they used to do it, but they did.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in