It was all called Alchemy at the time....

Aliens gave them the first couple bricks duh

Haha. That blows the chicken/egg question out of the water for sure lol

@@peeb8301 😂🤣😂

a kiln doesnt have to be built upon bricks.. you can make it directly from clay

@@alwanrosyidi2772 ahhh I see

Yes, later determined it was a kiln-not a castle

The mortar was made from quicklime and reinforced with goat hair.

Right? They tease us and then slap us down!

They mentioned that it was used for war, but not specifically how.

I'm guessing something to do with controlling the decomposition and odors of corpses

I can actually answer that! Quicklyme was a weapon in medieval warfare, specifically in naval battles. It's very caustic and reacts violently to water, and it can also be made into a fine dust which floats easy in the air. There were two uses of this: 1) If the fine dust got into a cloud (say if you broke a pot of it on an enemy ship or blew it out through bellows), the quick lime reacts (I believe) with the water in the skin and eyes and gives really really bad burns 2) Quicklime can burn up to about 300 C when it touches water, which makes it it really good at setting wet things (i.e. ships) on fire.

isn't it one of the supposed ingredients of Greek fire?

It’s rock n roll baby

we wuz

and know we are using fucking poor cement with an average life of 60-70 years 🤷🏻‍♂️ !!

Vitruvius has a better recipe. His has lasted 2100 years

​​@@superturkeylegs 500 is minimum , 2500-3000 is maximum , 500is when we only use quicklime mortar , there are many options in ancient time India according to avelibity or raw materials and money rich poor middle class Houses, So don't Compair anyone with ancient indian People's.

​@@superturkeylegsGo read History of Egypt and there Trading Roots With india, Many Indian artisans were invited by Egypt as guests to literally guide to make Egypt.

​@@superturkeylegs search Indus velly civilization 😂

Totally with you on that one mate lol

Yeah i made it fast and see for 65 views!

Yeah, the Romans definitely didn't used mortar or anything. Heck I bet they never built walls.

​@@nunyabiznes33 They made lime concrete piers and harbors that are still standing. Interestingly, Roman concrete gets stronger over time. Basically, CO2 turns the lime concrete into a composite of sand/pozzolan and limestone. Romans knew about the atom, too.