Stonehenge Not So Hot Afterall..., page 1
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Topic started on 22-7-2004 @ 12:49 PM by sisonek
This page is by a former carpenter who's been building his own "stonehenge" without the aid of modern tools, etc., and more or less by himself:

www.theforgottentechnology.com...

The (professional) archeologists have been pointing out for a while now that stonehenge/the pyramids/etc. -- although certainly more difficult to build than, say, a house -- are well within the reach of coordinated teams using only "primitive" technology, and so on. I still think the fact that people were motivated to build enormous monuments thousands upon thousands of years ago is very cool, and it's also really cool that there's a lot of astronomical sophistication in many of ancient monuments, but here's yet some more evidence that such accomplishments were quite possible for our ancestors.

Also, it'd be interesting to see how much of that "coral castle" place could have been built using this guy's stonemoving techniques. Anyone who's been there care to comment?


reply posted on 30-7-2009 @ 02:10 PM by warrenb
reply to post by sisonek



his blocks are not to scale either and they are made of concrete/cement which is lighter than the stone used at stonehenge


reply posted on 30-7-2009 @ 02:29 PM by king9072
Can someone just please explain the Baal Bek Stones to me?

The largest of which is approximately 750 tonnes. But there are many 300 ton stones as well. Here's a gem from wikipedia:

"He has suggested that the trilithon stones and 300 ton blocks were all moved with wooden rollers, demonstrating how this could be done by using steel rollers and levers to move a five to six thousand pound stone on a concrete platform by himself."

They then continue...

"He also participated in other experiments with larger stones, including some that may have been over 10 tons. These experiments required many more people. For 2 ton stones he was able to tow them with as few as 10 people at times and for faster results up to 20 people. Most experiments which have been done by Roger Hopkins and others to move stones 10 tons or more required well over 100 people.[6]"


2 ton stones he was able to tow them with as *few* as 10 people, but as many as 20 for slightly larger stones... uh neither 2 or 10 tons is anywhere near 100 tons, let alone 300 tons. We wont even discuss the 750 ton stones right now.

These blocks were all moved a mile from the quarry. Keep in mind, they claim that with *steel rollers* and upto 100 people per 10 tons, they could accomplish this. But by that math, it would require 75000 workers to move just one 750 ton stone. And that's if they have steel rollers. I just can't believe that any log on it's side could withstand the force of 750 TONS.

How do you even get 75000 people all to hold onto ropes and pull all at once?

And if you can't fit 75000 people onto the ropes to pull this beast, and you can't find steel rollers... how in the hell do you move 3, 750 ton blocks a mile away and set them into place with military precision?

[edit on 30-7-2009 by king9072]


reply posted on 30-7-2009 @ 02:34 PM by Omniskeptic
reply to post by warrenb



He's also one retired dude in a backyard. Give him a bunch of helpers and a lot more experience, and there's no reason to believe that his techniques couldn't be adapted and expanded.



reply posted on 30-7-2009 @ 02:37 PM by MMP
reply to post by warrenb


Wally is also using modern bolts in his shores, but I have to admit I am INCREDIBLY impressed! I wish I had the time and money to do something like this.

Sorry for the massive amount of edits, my post didn't update. I used the word model instead of modern.

[edit on 7/30/2009 by MMP]


reply posted on 2-8-2009 @ 04:01 PM by TheWalkingFox
reply to post by minniescar



Any method that can move a stone like that ten feet can also cover the distance you mentioned.

if we presume that the builders of stonehenge used his method, we can also make two other assumptions.

One, their machines and methods were more efficient. This is one guy doing something more or less on a lark. The builders of stonehenge had LOTS of people available to apply their brains to the problem - therefor they had a better chance of perfecting the method and ironing out the wrinkles

Two, they could do it quicker, for the same reason - more people equals less overall time hte work needs.
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