Ancient Aliens, modern obsessions

This is where you (presumably inadvertently) put human ingenuity on an equal footing with time travellers etc. And of course it wouldn’t have been “modern technology” – it would have been ancient (to us) technology based on insights that were perfectly useful and sensible within the context of the time and knowledge base.

(I seem to have my replies-and-new-threads all mixed up. Apologies for any confusion.)