Top 10 Insanely Advanced Ancient Technologies

Top 10 Insanely Advanced Ancient Technologies
This tech was truly ahead of its time! From Greek Fire, to Houfeng Didong Yi, and Hypocaust, you won’t believe when these were created. WatchMojo counts down the Top 10 Insanely Advanced Ancient Technologies.

#10. Greek Fire
#9. Houfeng Didong Yi
#8. Hypocaust
#7. Uunartoq Discs
#6. Ancient Metal Plating
#5. SteamPowered Pigeon
#4. Lycurgus Cup
#3, #2 & #1???

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[juanmanuelpenaloza]

Long Story Short: If the Library of Alexandria wasn't destroyed, we'd have hoverboards by now...

[nightmarefiles]

So are we behind and ahead at the same time?

[thepenvaperjanet]

Greek fire will help the tiny man become tall

[FindingMomo]

No mention of Archimedes's inventions.

[thepursuer]

Greek Fire was also rumored to have been mounted on the walls of major Byzantine cities like Constantinople and how about the Archimedes sling?

[dinosg]

''greek fire'' in greece we call it ''liquid fire''

[micheal]

Ill admit that you surprised me and ive never heard of the cup before.

Surprised you didnt mention the metal support clamps that were used to hold blocks of stone together when building the pyramids and other important buildings around the world. Made of an alloy that takes a very high temperature to make and we still do not know how they actually did it. And then evidence sugesting they were cast and had portable smelters able to somehow get to that temperature. Hell some of the research shows that some of them were made out of aluminum and platinum which we didnt know how to make till the 19th century.

[redhattytyjc]

No.9 is also called the Earthquake Weathercock then was later improved and called "Siesmoscope" which lead to the new modern Siesmographs.

[internetpolice]

As Stephen Fry has always said: "If it were not for the ancient Greeks, we, as in the people alive at this very moment, would not be here"

[brokenman]

Did anyone realise this video was made in partnership with Sotheby's? I didn't

[DrDunsparce]

I only know Greek fire from Percy Jackson

[Fiona_P_]

WatchMojo you really out did yourselves with this vid post. Love to see more vid posts like this one 👏💚

[DryBones]

Greek Fire was used in the Percy Jackson series

[euro--towelie]

Towels are very advanced, I can clean anything.. and get a little high

[ericatilley]

Surprised not to see the Baghdad Battery! But such an interesting list. :)

[JohnHWelch]

Greek fire! So that's where they got the idea for wildfire on Game of Thrones. That scene they showed in this video is reminiscent of the wildfire scene in the Battle of Blackwater Bay in GOT.

[penelopeviews]

Ancient civilizations were amazing. The only thing most of them needed was equality.

[randomrey]

THEY SUCH MAKE A LIGHTSBAER LIKE AN ACTUAL STAR WARS LIGHTSABER!!!!

[schm]

"We still don't know what Greek fire was made of"

It's literally just olive oil and pine sap.

[SockAccount]

For such a small nation ancient Greece had a disproportionately high impact