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Mega Movers - Ancients moved stone blocks that weighed hundreds of tons

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Uploaded by on Feb 10, 2009

Thousands of years ago, ancients moved several stone blocks 2+ miles and each stone weighed up to 1,000 tons

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  • maybe the stone was already there and they just hade to shape them?

  • they blew them up with straws

  • Without solid tracks and ball bearings, and solid level ground it's practically impossible to move a 500+ ton block with man power alone.

  • I've been researching this, the Russians moved a 1500-2000 ton block (the thunder stone) from Finland to St. Petersburg in the 1700's using nothing but man power and one massive barge supported by 2 huge ships. The stone was moved on metal tracks with metal ball bearings at the rate of 150m a day on frozen solid level ground.

  • But using ball bearings and tracks on very hard level ground is the only feasible way, how the hell the ancients managed to move 1400 ton blocks on top of a high hill beats me, but whatever they were far more advanced than we give them credit for.

  • If wooden rollers and levers is all that was need, then it should be reproducible. Seems to me though a Professor attempted to do that once and failed miserably.

    Also the time periods of when some archaeologist say the Egyptians built the Pyramids, they would have to lay one of those several ton blocks and get it into place one every nine seconds. Also some of their statues we would have trouble reproducing with modern day mechanics and computers, but yet they did it with bronze age tools.

  • @505197 Ever heard of occam's razor. Archimedes said "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."

  • wood rouler please and wood stick please ?

  • If they can cut stone they must have had metal tools to do it with. These guys make it sound like they were too primitive in my estimation. On one hand they built fantastic monoliths but on the other it's like all they had was sticks and rope to move them with. Wouldn't it be nice to know how it was really done, I have a feeling it was a lot more complicated then what;s portrayed.

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