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No. Things like Greek fire or Roman cement aren't possible - because we don't know the precise mixture or formulation involved. Many old descriptions mean we don't know how to do it, because they are very vague.

But we can technically do much better waterproof concrete or whatever - however our incentives are also not aligned in the same ways.

Here's a tangential link to monks building a Gothic cathedral with modern machines: https://carmelitegothic.com/



Actually we've recreated Roman concrete just recently. It appears a quicklime like substance in the concrete gives it a self healing property l




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