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Reality says

That's because the info you cite is so out of date, it's not even funny. Here is the link to much more up to date info:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1366468/Roman-road-doubt-discovery-cobbled-built-100-years-invasion.html

Awesome, thanks for the link. So, both the Briton's and Romans used similar techniques for building their roads as we use today.

Reality says

You have way too much faith in reports written by the Roman equivalent of Haliburton and Bectel to get more funding for "infrastructure" building in a newly conquered land.

Not really, given the link you sent I am more than willing to update my thinking on Briton's pre-Roman use of roads.

Reality says

Yes techniques. Do you think Romans pounded the road surface like Brits at the time did or like we do nowadays driving a diesel-powered roller? Do you think Romans poured dirt and rocks like the Britis of that time period did or rolled hot asphalt like we do nowadays?

Yes techniques. Different tools, and materials, but similar engineering techniques.

Matt.BayArea says

Bap33 says

The pyramids were built. That is the entire amount known about the pyramids. Everything else is a guess.

I like your skepticism!
But ... aren't you a religious person? Why apply this sort of skepticism to the pyramids, where there's various pieces of evidence that hint at a history that does not require we resort to mysticism to explain the gaps, but not to the bible? While the bible is also a form of historical evidence, it contains all kinds of crazy things that sound very improbable, impossible to prove (or, conveniently, disprove), and lie well outside the scope of our experiences (assuming you yourself haven't seen people part oceans or walk on water or return from the dead without medical intervention, etc etc).

Just curious, sorry if I'm confusing you for someone else (I seem to recall some religious comments from you)

I do not qualify for "religious" in most circles. I know God is real. The Hebrew God, and Jesus, and all that jaz. It's all real. But, religious has me sitting in a room singing with folks every week, or kneeling towards mecca and killing babies on buses in Isreal .... I don't do those religious things.

Would you expand on how/why you connected my comment - that man has no idea what or how or why or when the pyramids came to be - to my knowing there is God?

Thank you for proving my point that Fascist instincts are quite bi-partisan.

APOCALYPSEFUCK is Tony Manero says

They forgot to remove the offending population that was squatting on a valuable resource. President Bachmann won't make that mistake.