Viggen Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 ...hypothetical but interesting to ponder..."If the Roman Empire had developed nuclear power, we would still be guarding their waste repositories."... News Times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artimi Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 the new mutated human beings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecimusCaesar Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 There's an interesting looking documentary about a similar subject called Into Eternity. It deals with modern nuclear waste and the construction of a huge nuclear dumping ground in Finland. The site has been made to last a 100,000 years, presenting the builders with a challenge and a dilemma. How on earth do you build something to last so long, and how do you keep future treasure hunters from stumbling across the toxic material? This involves creating signs and symbols for future humans who might not even speak any recognisable language, or communicate in a way we'd understand. The project will take generations to complete. Here's a trailer - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maladict Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 "If the Roman Empire had developed nuclear power, we would still be guarding their waste repositories."... I suppose we would be taking much better care of archaeological sites if they were radioactive. And the Egyptians would have found some inventive ways of using it to protect tombs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 And the Egyptians would have found some inventive ways of using it to protect tombs. Indeed. Would really cut down on tomb raiders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvadius Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 I keep getting visions of a Roman take on an old Poul Anderson story 'The High Crusade'. Ignoring the apparently awful film the basic premise of the original book was a small group of Norman knights and their English serfs coming into contact with a rampaging Alien race getting lost in space and then finding out precisely how much damage nuclear bombs fired from trebuchets could do. Just picture the Roman reaction to the Kalkrisse disaster, amongst others, if they had nuclear capability - most of northern Europe and the near East would probably still be glowing in the dark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostOfClayton Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 Just picture the Roman reaction to the Kalkrisse disaster, amongst others, if they had nuclear capability - most of northern Europe and the near East would probably still be glowing in the dark . . . and has the human race's temperament really changed that much since Roman times? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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