09-15-2003, 11:51 PM
I'm inclined to agree with Pete.
There's too many historical events that I'd like to bear eye-witness account to to even begin narrowing it down to a single one. The construction of many of antiquities' great buildings, such as the walls of Babylon, the Pyramids, the Parthenon, the Library of Alexandria, the Chinese Wall, Stonehenge, Macchu Picchu, Baalbek, are all things that would be amazing to see under construction, especially as it would finally show how some of those sites were constructed with the then 'current' technologies.
Other events such as the meeting in Yalta, the death of Caesar, the Mycenians arriving on Crete, the death of Marc Anthony and Cleopatra, the death of Hitler and Eva Braun, the assassination of Kennedy, the arrival of Hernan Cortéz in Latin America, Jesus' crucifixion, the Cathars surrendering to the French, the sacking of Rome by the Visigoths, Pericles delivering his speech to the Athenians, would all be equally interesting to personally view.
Maybe it's good that we are unable to view these things - the one thing they have in common is that shroud of mystery that surrounds them. Taking that away would boil history down to a relatively boring series of events. Not knowing all details of history is what keeps it alive :)
-Leshy
"Reality? That's where one should be able to witness the baking of the First Pizza!"
There's too many historical events that I'd like to bear eye-witness account to to even begin narrowing it down to a single one. The construction of many of antiquities' great buildings, such as the walls of Babylon, the Pyramids, the Parthenon, the Library of Alexandria, the Chinese Wall, Stonehenge, Macchu Picchu, Baalbek, are all things that would be amazing to see under construction, especially as it would finally show how some of those sites were constructed with the then 'current' technologies.
Other events such as the meeting in Yalta, the death of Caesar, the Mycenians arriving on Crete, the death of Marc Anthony and Cleopatra, the death of Hitler and Eva Braun, the assassination of Kennedy, the arrival of Hernan Cortéz in Latin America, Jesus' crucifixion, the Cathars surrendering to the French, the sacking of Rome by the Visigoths, Pericles delivering his speech to the Athenians, would all be equally interesting to personally view.
Maybe it's good that we are unable to view these things - the one thing they have in common is that shroud of mystery that surrounds them. Taking that away would boil history down to a relatively boring series of events. Not knowing all details of history is what keeps it alive :)
-Leshy
"Reality? That's where one should be able to witness the baking of the First Pizza!"
-Leshy, Pizza Lover Extraordinaire
http://www.leshy.net
http://www.leshy.net