Cool story. Those shields remind me of the Ben Franklin kite trope. No doubt they had kites back in the days of Alexander the Great and possibly even discovered how to utilize them alongside thunderstorms. A kite is a redefined ship's sail.
Some older stories:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1561_celestial_phenomenon_over_Nuremberg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormwood_(Bible)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Stone
By the way, humans had petroleum in the BC era. They called it pitch.
According to Herodotus, more than four thousand years ago natural asphalt was employed in the construction of the walls and towers of Babylon.
Cool story. Those shields remind me of the Ben Franklin kite trope. No doubt they had kites back in the days of Alexander the Great and possibly even discovered how to utilize them alongside thunderstorms.
Some older stories:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1561_celestial_phenomenon_over_Nuremberg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormwood_(Bible)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Stone
By the way, humans had petroleum in the BC era. They called it pitch.
According to Herodotus, more than four thousand years ago natural asphalt was employed in the construction of the walls and towers of Babylon.
Cool story. Those shields remind me of the Ben Franklin kite trope. No doubt they had kites back in the days of Alexander the Great and possibly even discovered how to utilize them alongside thunderstorms.
Some older stories:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1561_celestial_phenomenon_over_Nuremberg