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originally posted by: sapien82
a reply to: jeep3r
the thing that always really screamed at me is there arent any other buildings like this in the region or anywhere else on earth , with such modular ideas , the way they are cut etc
there is more than meets the eye for sure
great thread and will continue to read up on it again in case I have missed something
originally posted by: ChrisM101
Why megalithic construction at all though? If you have the technology to precisely cut large stones, why would you not cut hundreds of smaller stones that could be moved by one person at a time at approximately 100# each As the rest of the construction was.
originally posted by: Wolfenz
originally posted by: Darkstar12
On the mold theory. What did they make the mold out of? I mean they had to get the crisp cuts on the inside of the mold. Would something amazing have to be made either as a positive or a negative buck to create the mold? In my experience you need a master before any molding process can begin.
well not necessarily crisp cuts from the mold , but the finishing touches ( the next Step in the Process ) after the blocks been Made from the mold , Right a master ..
this is how I look it ,
when a Modern Construction Company makes a ( Masonry ) Building
with their High tech Tools in or from a different Country
they Usually don't leave Machinery behind
nor their Tools Behind ,
So where is the Time frame Progress of Improvements
over the years Decades too Centuries in Bolivia Puma Punku ?
I don't see that in Peru Bolivia , Nor in Mexico or In between.
That why their may have been, a Foreigner Traveler from the Old World that Helped
Built it.
originally posted by: ChrisM101
a reply to: Harte
If this was true why is the preferred size of modern construction still at a level of thousands of times less.
No doubt we could cut larger stones faster than them but still struggle to move anything at the size of these monolithic beasts.
originally posted by: Harte
originally posted by: ChrisM101
a reply to: Harte
If this was true why is the preferred size of modern construction still at a level of thousands of times less.
No doubt we could cut larger stones faster than them but still struggle to move anything at the size of these monolithic beasts.
We don't build entire buildings out of stone, so we don't need as many individual stones (when we use stone at all.)
Also, The AEs didn't have worker safety and worker compensation laws, nor did they require insurance or face liability.
Harte
originally posted by: ChrisM101
If this was true why is the preferred size of modern construction still at a level of thousands of times less.
No doubt we could cut larger stones faster than them but still struggle to move anything at the size of these monolithic beasts.
originally posted by: Blue Shift
originally posted by: ChrisM101
If this was true why is the preferred size of modern construction still at a level of thousands of times less.
No doubt we could cut larger stones faster than them but still struggle to move anything at the size of these monolithic beasts.
The people in the past didn't have our ability to forge massive amounts of steel. Too bad the ancient aliens wouldn't help them out in that way.
originally posted by: Harte
originally posted by: ChrisM101
Why megalithic construction at all though? If you have the technology to precisely cut large stones, why would you not cut hundreds of smaller stones that could be moved by one person at a time at approximately 100# each As the rest of the construction was.
Because the quarrying and shaping of stones is what took the longest time and most work to accomplish.
It's easier to cut large stones and drag them than it is to cut 10 times as many smaller stones and carry them.
Harte