[oneshtein]

I was very surprised when I saw ancient cement kiln in Peru, very similar in size and technique to freshly built one (20 years ago) near to my parents town, but labeled as «a religious structure fit with stones».

As I see here[0], cement stucko on top of natural stone was pretty popular technique back then.

[0]: https://odysee.com/@hiddenincatours:3/megalithic-saqsaywaman...

[madaxe_again]

Ah, but that’s ritual cement

[MangoToupe]

Making cement is a ritual, yes.

Only the gods can guess at what "religious" is supposed to mean outside of modern context of course.

[kevin_thibedeau]

For fertility.

[Razengan]

According to archaeologists every object is either a religious object or a "fertility" fetish, because that's all that humans could think about yesterday.

[Kye]

I forget which sci-fi show it was, but there was a scene with an archaeologist digging up a modern bar. A beer mug was described as a "ceremonial goblet."