Genius of Ancient Technology: Surveyors & Water

Beginning with looking at the ancient skill of accurate surveying, without an accurate surveyor there is no accurate ancient building. Without a surveyor there is no archeoastronomy.
From ancient Egypt through the ancinet past and across the ancient world surveying would have been a fundamental.
That brings us to the power of water and what has to the most remarkable achievement in regards to ancient water management. The Roman Aqueduct.
The Great Pyramid is rightfully marveled for the accuracy of it's construction (Thanks to the ancient surveyors as much as the actuall construction teams) however it is often said that the Great Pyramid was the most accurately surveyed building until the modern era. Well, it's turns out that isn't necessarily the case. The Great Pyramid is an amazing 0.05 degrees from true north, it might be argued that was intentional or that because the rotational axis of the Earth has shifted by 0.05 degrees. However supposing it was 100% accurate that alignemnt is along the ground while the internal shafts and other features don't quite reach 0.05 degreees in their accuracy.
Yet the Roman Aqueducts were colossal projects, of the major aqueducts into Rome the volume of stone cut for the tunnels, or the stone quarried and moved to make the arches is massive. I didn't run the numbers but each aqueduct is at the very least comparable in volume to the Great Pyramid.
Since they are powered by gravity the aqueducts needed to maintina a constant angle over massive distances to deliver their water to distant urban centres and industrial sites.
The Nimes Aqueduct in France for instance was built to maintain an angle of less than 0.02 degrees over it's 50 kilometre , 31 mile length. This length is not essentially long as far as the aqueducts go!
0.02 degrees in simple terms is more accurate than 0.05 degrees in simple terms but the Great Pyramid is aligned to North along the ground and it is less than 0.25 kilometres in base length. The Aqueducts are very very long, individually the volume of stone is comparable, if not greater, than the Great Pyramid. While they constructed to higher level of accuracy than 0.05 degrees and they do this THROUGH THE AIR. Not along the ground to a fixed point but THROUGH THE AIR for vast distances.
More so the aqueducts not only provide fresh water while also taking away sewage they were also harnessed for industrial purposes.
To master water management one must survey accurately!!
Civilization is nothing without the mastery of water. Water is life and with a few clever tweaks with simple machines water is also power, industrial power.
How far of a leap is it to assume that the ancestors of Roman civilization were applying the same simple genius?

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[BSIII]

you're one of the most important people in the area of ancient stone work. I truly appreciate you for opening my eyes to the ridiculousness of the claims being made by LAHT grifters. Those grifters are blowing up right now and is ironically now a mainstream idea. admittedly, I've spent many years digging into all of the alt history theories, spewing the same copper chisels memes and repeating the tropes like, "precision!"
after seeing stones be moved by manpower, granite being drilled with copper tubes and sand, polishing with sand (your technique of using water to settle in various jars to yield various grits is incredible), the need for fantastical theories ended for me. now it's easy to see that the big names pushing the fantastical claims are just grifters. They have no desire to learn and teach the truth. I always thought UnchartedX was a decent guy, but at this point, I doubt he'll ever change his public opinion because he already built a sizeable channel pushing those claims. it's a grift.
I try plugging your name everywhere I can. it'd be interesting to see if any of the people I've been arguing with will make there way here and learn the truth. mystery sells more. it's a shame because even though using chert to carve granite isn't as 'fun' as saying it's lost high technology, it's still absolutely amazing that the ancients did what they did with the tools they had. now I cringe when I hear people say the Egyptians weren't capable of doing the work they've done. it's disrespectful. they're basically just saying they were primitive thieves who stole older works. I can't believe I used to entertain that particular notion. I don't blame you for pulling no punches!

[djosearth]

11:25 Blast Warning for HEADPHONE AUDIO Users... ;]

[armorvestrus]

This is a wonder video loaded with tons of information.

[HistoryMaze]

space pen / pencil a great analogy. very good vid SGD. I visit Italy quite a bit, and every now and again you come across these aquaducts, maybe in some random mountain village - it's just like a really weird jaw-dropping reality shift to see these in real life - knowing they were made 2000 yrs ago - still standing - still working - while the modern infrastructure is literally collapsing (like that motorway fly-over recently).

[karanseraph]

That kind of hydro-power with mechanical water wheels and such is "green", too, I imagine. I mean, there could be some environmental concerns, but with appropriate river management there can be ways to keep wildlife safe and have areas for industry.

I saw some videos about Viktor Schauberger who, apparently, was known for his log flume designs and river management among other things.

I know it was common in the past. Where I live there's often a school, or housing development, or a road with "mill" in the name. In at least one place, there's the remains of an old stone mill along a creek.

[phillip]

Give me 3 sticks and I can mark a straight line for as long as you want. Easy Pesy.
I love all your Videos you explain everything well.

[szpakmateusz]

It is also worth adding masters from Angkor Wat and Mesoamerica.

[MsDuketown]

I am going to see this one, but my compliments for your work, life study.

[connie]

On the old farm I was born on there was a massive water wheel on the side of the grain barn which ran old mill machines which were mobile and moved from area to area to mill harvests. The big mill.
Water also powered the hoists and lifts in the barns. All gone now drained underground for progress to build house on!
Ah well. Least the leccy the houses use is supposedly green??, !! 🙃