(September 16, 2011 at 2:26 am)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Well, at least they seem to have solved the question of actually getting it to London. Let's hope that all the modernised things he had to do to make the voyage makes some people think about the Noah's Ark story and its implausibilities.
Sort of reminds me of an "experiment" by Egyptologist Marc Lehner in which he planned to use "Egyptian" technology to cut an obelisk out of the ground, transport to a site some distance away and raise it on a pedestal.
First they found that pounding granite with dolomite hammer stones did not work well...or at least fast...so they brought in jackhammers. next they found they could move the fucking thing with sleds and ropes so they brought in backhoes and flatbed trucks. Then they raised it with ropes and congratulated themselves for doing it with "Egyptian" technology.
A obelisk small enough to fit on a flat bed truck?? Contemptible! If you are going to fake it, at least make the fake spectacular!
