Advanced Ancient Technology That Was WAY Ahead Of Its Time

From ancient magical glass, to fire we still can’t replicate, here are 13 amazingly advanced ancient technologies!

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13. The Lycurgus Cup
Dichroic glass is a material that can display two different colors when certain lighting conditions trigger a color change. This 4th-century Roman goblet displays a red color when it’s lit from behind. When it’s lit from the front, the color changes to green.

12. Yakhchals
While it’s easy to think of this as an ancient refrigerator, a better description might be an evaporative cooler that dates to 400 BC. The word “Yakhchal” translates as “ice pit”. Persian engineers had figured out a way to use these cone-shaped structures to make ice in the winter, and then store it during the summer.

11. Greek Fire
The Byzantine Empire was the most powerful economic, military, and cultural force in Europe throughout most of its existence. Founded in Byzantium, which later became Constantinople and then Istanbul, the Byzantine Empire is also known as the Eastern Roman Empire.

10. The Water Screw
This innovation is more popularly known as Archimedes’ Screw, named for the Greek mathematician and engineer. But he wasn’t the actual inventor. It was used in Ancient Egypt prior to the 3rd century BC, which was well before his time.

9. Viking Sunstones
The Norsemen are famous for their long distance voyages. But how did they manage to maintain their sense of direction at sea? Norse sagas mention mysterious artifacts known as ‘sunstones’. They are mentioned as navigational tools that could locate the sun in a completely cloudy sky.

8. Advanced Ancient Sound Technology
The Hal Saflieni Hypogeum is one of Malta's most popular tourist destinations. It dates to around 3300 BC, and contains more than 7,000 human remains so far unearthed.

7. Baghdad Battery
In 1938 these artifacts were excavated in a village near Baghdad. Unusual pots made from terracotta each had an iron rod and a copper cylinder contained within them.

6. Damascus Steel
The legendary metal is named for the ancient city in Syria, but it wasn’t necessarily created there in ancient times. Historians think the name refers more to swords that were crafted or sold in Damascus.

5. The Iron Pillar of Delhi
Suppose we told you there was a metal that could resist rusting for more than a millennia? It sounds like a wild claim. Yet, you can find an example of such at the Qutb Complex in Delhi, India.

4.Roman Concrete
Have you ever noticed how modern concrete buildings seem to fall apart faster than buildings that remained intact for thousands of years? The Western Roman Empire crumbled around 476 AD, yet many of its most impressive structures like the Parthenon are still standing.

3. Aeolipile
The first commercially successful steam engine that provided continuous power was built in 1712. Later refinements were made, and by the 19th century stationary steam engines were powering factories, locomotives, and sailing ships. But this was not a new idea.

2. Retro Robots
Humanoid robots are becoming a fact of our everyday lives. And if you watch shows like “Westworld”, it’s easy to imagine them as advanced androids with individual sentience.

1. The Antikythera Mechanism
You might think of computers as a technology that was developed in the 20th century … but the first programmable analogue computer was actually invented in 1206 in Turkey. But the Antikythera Mechanism easily predated that one.

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[canadata]

All of those inventions are even greater as they are all environmentally friendly.

[MrYoutubeBeast]

I mean the pronunciations are with this Guy are on fleek👌👌👌

[randallpetroelje]

We try to understand their knowledge. I love your show and teaching. Gives me something to think about.👍

[msnman]

Happy Sunday talltanic let’s hear today’s knowledgeable and informative video to learn something new

[AuskaDezjArdamaath]

Holy jeez! Some of the pronunciations in this video 🤦‍♀️

[Bloodreign]

The first one with the “color changing glass” is not a mystery. It’s called “fuming” and is done in modern glass blowing all the time. A small piece of gold or silver is pushed into a ball of molten glass on a rod which is then held at a specific point on the flame to “infuse”, as you put it, the glass with the gold or silver. Gold makes pink silver makes greens

[gentillydanny]

A small mis-speak; I'm sure you meant firearms were increasingly replacing swords.

[franl]

I was hoping you might mention the Jerusalem Glass Slab - I saw a reference to it once and hav been trying to find it again, and find out more about the Slab, both to no avail. A huge slab of glass cast in one giant piece.
There's a documentary, Sounds of the Stoneage, that demonstrates that Stonehenge, Newgrange and many other stone circles and chambered tombs were also built with acoustic properties., or were tweaked to be so.
The ancients had some very advanced knowledge of science, they just didn't have the technology to make full use of it. But what they did was awesome enough

[Vik]

The obelisk in India isnt famous because it doesn't rust. Its famous because it is cast and no one knows how such a large piece of cast metal was produced with out fracturing. It can not be reproduced even today. As is the case with damascus steel, the ancient Indians were masters of metal work. They also used ribbon like swords that had three blades that could be used almost like a whip.

[solreaver]

does this channel go out of its way to get every single name wrong?