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To: MtnClimber

I had the good fortune to view this in the National Museum in Athens. My first impression was it looked like it was made with the technology one would find in a 19th century machine shop.


14 posted on 03/21/2021 6:01:47 PM PDT by KamperKen
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To: KamperKen

It is amazing when one considers it was all hand cut
with files which themselves were hand made.


16 posted on 03/21/2021 6:35:04 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: KamperKen
I had the good fortune to view this in the National Museum in Athens. My first impression was it looked like it was made with the technology one would find in a 19th century machine shop.

There must have been so much that was lost during the dark ages.

17 posted on 03/21/2021 6:35:28 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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