but i dont like for them to say "This is exactly how the Egyptians did it!" i think that is taking it a little over the top.as close as we can replicate almost anything today, the only true way to ever know was to be there. the idea that anyone within this age can completely decipher a 3000 year old language is very far fetched to me.they also never address the issue how some obelisk are completely free standing, with no sign of something to drop it from.dont get me wrong i love this show and it gives a very broad range of ideas that very well couldve been how it was done, but in the reality of life they couldve of done it many other ways that could be just as simple that havent been done yet.

This episode of Nova was fascinating! I actually enjoyed watching the engineers really try to solve a problem that most of us would have assumed was common knowledge to today's engineers . There is an amazing truth that civilizations which existed thousands of years ago accomplished tremendous engineering feats with technology we assumed they had at their disposal (barring aliens) and yet today it is not known for certain how they accomplished what they have. It is also a humbling recognition of what we actually do know, meaning, that which we CAN call science as apart from speculation or hypothesis. I respect Roger's common sense approach and his recognition of the association between the arts & science as opposed to the current egotistical and proud propagation here in the United States of "math & science" to the next generation. I think the importance of knowing that the rope will stretch, the sand is better when very dry, that is the art and needs to be incorporated into all teaching involving the natural world. Stacy Keach really lulls your attention into the film. Love Stacy Keach's narration. Very impressed Nova!

They will never be able to articulate the intelligence behind what they people of Kemet could do, and still they try,refusing to believe that my people were just that far advanced than any human will ever dream of being.The brits are curious about us but the americans are in denial about our people and believe we couldn't have done this alone, they think aliens helped us!