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Originally posted by thelibra
The skids needn't be dragged by people with ropes. They can be -cranked- along. Think of a giant fishing rod with the line and weight laying out on the ground. As you reel it in, it draws the weight along the ground. The same concept applies, except your reel is a giant 10 or 20 foot wheel with several levers, each being pushed in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction by several people, and the fishing line is a series of very stout ropes that have been harnessed to the skids.
At no point was the stone lifted, and no one's muscle-power was unamplified.
Originally posted by FallenOne
Nobody here said aliens did it. Why is it that when someone says "We don't know how they did it", someone automatially assume we think aliens did it...nonsense. But I won't rule out the possibility of INFLUENCE.
We said that the Ancients, some how had a technology more in tune with the Universe than we do now. I myself, tend to go believe in the Christopher Dunn/John Cadman Theory. Being that it was a power house, that harnessed the energy of water and the seismic waves of the earth. It's also possible that that's how the Jews conquered Jericho, with sound. Tibetan monks still use music to lift enormous blocks and set them on cliffs. There are legends of the Mexicans that little people would whistle (akin to snow white I suppose), and that stone would fly in the air.
But, it's all just speculation.
On the other hand, tuning into a frequency of an object doesn't seem far fetch. I saw a Mythbusters, where singer was actually able to sing a note in harmony with a glass, and shatter it...without amplification. So, I can see how maybe those theoris might make sense. But, we still don't know how it was done.
Originally posted by FallenOne
Nobody here said aliens did it. Why is it that when someone says "We don't know how they did it", someone automatially assume we think aliens did it...nonsense. But I won't rule out the possibility of INFLUENCE.
Originally posted by Cicada
Read the first post of this thread again if you don't think anyone here has brought up aliens. The concept of pyramids on Mars automatically invokes aliens unless someone is prepared to argue an antediluvian space program.
Originally posted by Loungerist
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Me either. Though I can't help but chuckle though at the irony. The same people that think extraterrestrial influence is implausable are the same people that think the ancient Egyptians having superhuman strength,microscopic vision,and magic skids makes perfect sense.
Originally posted by Cicada
If you read more carefully you may have picked up on the fact that what I was reacting most strongly to were the posts arguing against alien intervention based upon the logic of what those aliens should have left as a sign for future generations. Some people, especially around this topic, are so anxious to put everyone else in boxes, I suppose to easier invalidate their points. As someone who is in between the two major camps I get it from both ends if I dare say boo about the holes in anyone's logic. For me the concept of extraterrestrial life let alone intelligence is huge, and one that is poorly defined by popular conventions which are designed primarily to entertain. Boiling things down to aliens doesn't really clarify things anyway. Where did the aliens come from? Who gave them their vast technology? Unfortunately we can only deal with what we can all mutually observe. There is enough enigma and grandeur surrounding ancient human history and architecture without invoking E.T. You can call people hypocrites all you want if that's your thing but it doesn't make your argument any more tenable.
Originally posted by Loungerist
It wouldn't surprise me if we'd already found records of how the Great Pyramid was built but misinterpretted or ignored them as some type of myth.
Originally posted by Loungerist
Dunn is a machinist and others in his field have shared his proposal of advanced machinery used in the craftsmanship. And I would imagine machining is a fairly cut and dry science so if they're reading that then that's probably what it is. I can't speak on his power plant theory though since I've not read how he came up with it. But at a glance it sounds like the tendency of experts to see the things only in the perspective of their own field instead of cross-referencing. If done that way then each single field would probably lead you to a different theory.