Show secrets of Ancie ancients survive attacks of modern science with television soon to become n serious rival to tile the movies and nil giant airplanes and press the button warships things which raise little comment from tile the average man it Is surprising that there anro many secrets known to tile the ancients which have survived the attacks of modern science says a writer in london answers the greeks could not weave linen or wool on anything like tile the scalo wo we genvo them today but they wo wove va them into tile tho allema n form of cuirass which could not bo be penetrated by tile the sharpest dart or arrow tile tho secret lins has been lost perhaps forever the romans sank wells for water to groat grant depths exactly how they did tile the boring we do not know they also mado glass which would bond bend yet not break this would bo be quite useful today the 1 I ie beautiful purple dyo dye known of old has eluded tile tho dye makers of today and modern builders can make nothing of tile tho strong end and durable cement used by tile tho greeks and tile tho romans in their walls this cement was stronger and horder harder thon than tho the stone itself tile the knowledge possessed by tile the ancient egyptians was very extensive they hod had n method of dressing stone to withstand tile the ravages of th time ne and weather they also perfected the art of embalming probes forceps and other surgical instruments linao been found in egypt for what purpose they were used wo will nover nevor know that secret along with many others passed away with tile tho destruction st of tile tho famous library nt at alexandria in the fifth century tito loss of the knowledge contained in that library was a blow to civilization |