Reality or Delusions of Grandeur?

Looking at events from the ancient days of man to those dating as recent as a few decades ago the history of man is replete with either individuals or whole communities who went to great lengths to register achievements some of which are quite rare. Some of these feats in the form of projects or activities are quite telling about what kind of results human passion and ambition can realize whether positively or negatively projected. History records many events some of which appear bizarre when viewed from the current knowledge and science perspective not only because of their magnitude and impact on society but also for the sheer fact that enormous resources, time, talent, and great human effort and skill were a key input. The result of some of these activities fails to be justified from a modern world perspective thus bringing into question the reasons as to why they were hatched altogether. The ideal answer to the many probing questions we raise as we peep into what the ancients did w...