Top 10 Ancient Inventions You Think Are Modern

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	Top 10 Ancient Inventions You Think Are Modern
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3-30-2009 9:09 PM
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4-1-2009 5:27 PM
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Awesome Clip! Plumbing and Central Heating? Just a few examples that challenges the typical perception of the history of humans....not all cavemen
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<DIV class="itemtitle">Plywood</DIV>
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</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/4AB0E3F2-EA0D-4C10-87CF-31286C314C24" alt="90696-Main Fulld.Jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/"> earliest known occurrence of plywood was in Ancient Egypt around 3500 BC</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/"><DIV class="itemheading"><SPAN class="itemnumber">9</SPAN>
<DIV class="itemtitle">Plumbing</DIV>
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</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/BC1068FE-17DC-41DE-9513-C88F9B9F2DE6" alt="800Px-2006 0814Histriamuseudm20060332.Jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/">Standardized earthenware plumbing pipes with broad flanges making use of asphalt for preventing leakages appeared in the urban settlements of the Indus Valley Civilization by 2700 BC</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/"><DIV class="itemheading"><SPAN class="itemnumber">8</SPAN>
<DIV class="itemtitle">Ice Skates</DIV>
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</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/585266CA-FB55-4267-A3D9-118A825E576D" alt="08010D4-First-Skates Big.Jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/">Finns were the first to develop ice skates some 5,000 years ago from animal bones</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/"><DIV class="itemheading"><SPAN class="itemnumber">7</SPAN>
<DIV class="itemtitle">Perfume</DIV>
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</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/3461A769-0650-4180-A04B-59E630192DBC" alt="22W Pedrfume Wideweb  470X270,0.Jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/"> the second millennium BC in Mesopotamia</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/"><DIV class="itemheading"><SPAN class="itemnumber">6</SPAN>
<DIV class="itemtitle">Metrology and Calibration</DIV>
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</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/">Indus Valley Civilization (c. 3000–1500 BC</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/"><DIV class="itemheading"><SPAN class="itemnumber">5</SPAN>
<DIV class="itemtitle">Lenses</DIV>
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</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/1EEE0C0D-22AF-4BCE-928C-6ACFBD4F7F15" alt="Oldest Tdelescope.Jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/">The Nimrud lens is a 3000 year old piece of rock crystal</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/"><DIV class="itemheading"><SPAN class="itemnumber">4</SPAN>
<DIV class="itemtitle">Central Heating</DIV>
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</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/E3947D3C-B27B-4871-A639-03BFEB0F792C" alt="800Px-Hypocausdtum.Jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/">1,000 BC</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/"><DIV class="itemheading"><SPAN class="itemnumber">3</SPAN>
<DIV class="itemtitle">Cataract Surgery</DIV>
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</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/CEF1A0F8-9788-45A6-A654-4D46D89FDBBE" alt="Sushrudta.Jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/">Indian physician Sushruta (6th century BC</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/"><DIV class="itemheading"><SPAN class="itemnumber">2</SPAN>
<DIV class="itemtitle">Dentist’s Drill</DIV>
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</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/9ADDDE4B-D562-4056-9B57-2BE11FC3B088" alt="060405 Prehistoric Dentistry Vlgd9A Hmedium.Jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/">7000 BC</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/"><DIV class="itemheading"><SPAN class="itemnumber">1</SPAN>
<DIV class="itemtitle">Plastic Surgery</DIV>
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</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/1D2B8737-9D0A-4929-87F3-18157D8666F0" alt="Walter Yeo Dskin Graft.Jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/history/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/">ancient India as early as 2000 BC</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/53ADBDBB-EE46-4B27-8699-3B9E36BE4F42/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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