Where there's a will, there's a way.
Roman Siege Ramp at Masada
“There is no evidence known that suggests the ancient Egyptians had cranes,” he said. “Without cranes, it is difficult to imagine how they could have lifted giant stones, some as heavy as 200 tons.”
In other words, ‘if I can’t imagine it, it couldn’t happen’.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Roman Siege Ramp at Masada
In other words, ‘if I can’t imagine it, it couldn’t happen’.
Precisely.
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The Aliens did it. ::rolls eyes::
I had a professor who, while lecturing on one ancient marvel or another was interrupted by a student who put forth the "aliens did it!" argument.
The professor turned to us, the class, and asked how we would have done it. Several people came up with credible answers, and the professor was careful to stop and correct us when something that wasn't possible at the time was suggested.
Then he asked about Stonehenge, and again, several credible answers as to it could have been done were proposed.
He asked about a couple of other "mysteries of the ancient world" and in every case, we managed to come up with ways that could have worked using technology and materials available at the time.
Then he asked why anyone would think that people just four millennia ago were so stupid as to not be able to think of the same things.
Of course, they weren't. They were as bright as we are, even if they weren't as advanced. People fall into the "our ancestors were backwards" trap all the time.