[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.

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

[KamperKen]

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

That is probably true. It seems the ancient world was on the cusp of some technological breakthroughs but they did not take hold.