I found this really interesting as it does seem impossible to do (to me) but it makes sense now how they did do it. Mr Dude better be careful because there is a fine line between a hobby and an obsession.
I don’t really buy it, I guess it could have been possible if they were smart enough with their materials, but this is over 2000 years ago. I like Bernard Cornwell’s theories better, even though it’s a fictional book, he bases it off of real facts.
In the book, what the people did is that they brought blocks on rollers of wood and had teams of men and oxen to pull it, then they would tip the block into a sloped hole and pull it upright with a wooden tripod and rope. It seems more likely given the tools and materials at hand, even if it seems more difficult.
Although I haven’t read the book, Gonazar, I can believe that way as well. I couldn’t comprehend the top piece and how they got it up there. Now I can kind of visualize using the counter weights with the wood gizmo and how they could elevate it. I have a simple mind and what I thought was impossible, that the aliens planted this, I can now see the potential. Oh, god… what the hell do I know. Seeing him turn the cement block on a simple rock makes sense, but of course they didn’t have a cement pad underneath it either. It made me think so I might just start doing some reading on it. Don’t get me started on the pyramids.
Ohhhhh thats just hundreds of years of mass slave labour and dictatorship. Stonehenge is way more interesting because there wasn’t really one leader or king, it was small tribes working together.
I haven’t read that book but I might now. Still, this guy makes a very compelling case as to what one man can do with very simple materials.
His point is not, I think, is that “this is how it was done” but rather he’s pointing out that it wasn’t nearly as impossible as most people seem to think.
Interesting, and very ingenious but that’s how you might raise the stones. Building Stonehenge was much more than that, the planning and setting out, in other words the precision of its construction – is even more remarkable. Also notice that when Wally was moving the stones they were on flat concrete bases, not at all like soft the soft chalk of Salisbury plain. http://sarsen56.wordpress.com/
Like a small stream rolling over rocks, in time you get the Grand Canyon. If anything I have learned in life, there is an easy way to do anything. Just gotta figure it out. Props to this guy for finding the old technology.
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DAYUM dude has way too much time on his hands
I found this really interesting as it does seem impossible to do (to me) but it makes sense now how they did do it. Mr Dude better be careful because there is a fine line between a hobby and an obsession.
Nice to see somebody thinkin once in a while.
I don’t really buy it, I guess it could have been possible if they were smart enough with their materials, but this is over 2000 years ago. I like Bernard Cornwell’s theories better, even though it’s a fictional book, he bases it off of real facts.
In the book, what the people did is that they brought blocks on rollers of wood and had teams of men and oxen to pull it, then they would tip the block into a sloped hole and pull it upright with a wooden tripod and rope. It seems more likely given the tools and materials at hand, even if it seems more difficult.
Stonehenge – Bernard Cornwell
Although I haven’t read the book, Gonazar, I can believe that way as well. I couldn’t comprehend the top piece and how they got it up there. Now I can kind of visualize using the counter weights with the wood gizmo and how they could elevate it. I have a simple mind and what I thought was impossible, that the aliens planted this, I can now see the potential. Oh, god… what the hell do I know. Seeing him turn the cement block on a simple rock makes sense, but of course they didn’t have a cement pad underneath it either. It made me think so I might just start doing some reading on it. Don’t get me started on the pyramids.
Ohhhhh thats just hundreds of years of mass slave labour and dictatorship. Stonehenge is way more interesting because there wasn’t really one leader or king, it was small tribes working together.
Gonazar,
I haven’t read that book but I might now. Still, this guy makes a very compelling case as to what one man can do with very simple materials.
His point is not, I think, is that “this is how it was done” but rather he’s pointing out that it wasn’t nearly as impossible as most people seem to think.
The man is brilliant in a very practical way.
Yes, Mike F., I think I was trying to say that. Thank You. He can use simply tools by himself and make it work.
o, i think i meant simple..me bad.
I knew what you meant, love.
I’ve got (and read) Stonehenge. It is very interesting. I agree with you Gonazar, it seems more likely.
Ok, maybe I’m talking out me arse, I better read it. Thanks Gonazar.
Interesting, and very ingenious but that’s how you might raise the stones. Building Stonehenge was much more than that, the planning and setting out, in other words the precision of its construction – is even more remarkable. Also notice that when Wally was moving the stones they were on flat concrete bases, not at all like soft the soft chalk of Salisbury plain.
http://sarsen56.wordpress.com/
. . . Wally – henge ? ?
Like a small stream rolling over rocks, in time you get the Grand Canyon. If anything I have learned in life, there is an easy way to do anything. Just gotta figure it out. Props to this guy for finding the old technology.
try passing a kidney stone – that’s hard…