tony: Why is it always the assumption that these ancient civilizations were backwards, ignorant, and unsophisticated? > > http://listverse.com/2013/04/12/10-mysteries-that-hint-at-forgotten-advanced-civilizati... > > For a bunch of backwater hillbillies they sure put us 'sophisticated' sorts to shame.-I've been to Stonehenge, been to Cuzco and Sacseyhuaman in Peru, seen pictures of Easter Island statues and pictures of the size of stones at the Egyptian pyramids. Yes, they had engineering smarts for large objects, but what is your evidence for sophisticated philosophic thought at our current level?