Stonehenge

[Sky727]

Some of the huge rocks for Stonehenge were moved anywhere from180 to 450 miles to the present location of the site. If that was not amazing enough there is now a possible way these stones were moved and "guess what" aliens are not needed for the deed.

Stonehenge has always felt like the kind of mystery that shouldn’t exist in the real world, a monument so heavy and deliberate that it almost looks like it was placed there by something other than humans. But the deeper you go, the more it starts to feel less like a magic trick and more like a message, built with intention, moved with obsession, and preserved because it mattered to people who left us no words to explain themselves.

In this video, we follow the newest evidence that traces Stonehenge’s stones back across Britain, and we wrestle with the unsettling idea that its purpose might have been bigger than a calendar or a temple. Because once you start asking why a society would haul sacred boulders across hundreds of miles, you end up in darker territory too, including a possible plague that erased the very people who built it, leaving only stone behind to tell their story.

[IdeomotorPrisoner]

Those stones are nothing really.

Egypt could move 700 tons with date tree cranes and float it 500 miles on barges 3500 years ago.

We figured out wedges 2 million years ago.

I have never been mystified by 25 ton stones.  They didnt even use pulleys for Stonehenge.

Rope, rollers, earthen inclined plains, and trenches is all they needed.

The "mystery" surrounding Stonehenge reminds me of the "mystery" of Coral Castle. 

"It's impossible for a single man to lift 30 tons by himself!"

Is it though?

In Marine things.

Like lifting boats at marinas using manual chains hoists. No power is needed. Just simple machines and a single blue-collar worker using age old methods to lift up to a 30 ton boat.  

Moving and setting up the rig needed would be the hardest part of lifting the "impossible" stones. 

They sell the tools FOR A SINGLE PERSON to make Stonehenge on the internet now.

[midicon]

I can see that some might think it clever to move such large stones given the logistics, knowledge, distance and technology available. 
For me it's a bit like the pyramids, not something to be lauded or admired but a testament to man's stupidity. What an absolute waste of time and resources.

[Ray1990]

I can see that some might think it clever to move such large stones given the logistics, knowledge, distance and technology available. 
For me it's a bit like the pyramids, not something to be lauded or admired but a testament to man's stupidity. What an absolute waste of time and resources.

It depends, the pyramids can be seen as a waste of man-hours but neolithic settlers were farmers. It becomes tricky ploughing a field when it's full of massive stones. It's best to move the stones rather than the field and since NW Europe was under an ice sheet the stones/boulders would've been everywhere. That they found ways to repurpose the stones is a testament to their ingenuity, imho.

People underestimate how much graft went into early farming, much of western Europe is practically a garden.

[midicon]

It depends, the pyramids can be seen as a waste of man-hours but neolithic settlers were farmers. It becomes tricky ploughing a field when it's full of massive stones. It's best to move the stones rather than the field and since NW Europe was under an ice sheet the stones/boulders would've been everywhere. That they found ways to repurpose the stones is a testament to their ingenuity, imho.

People underestimate how much graft went into early farming, much of western Europe is practically a garden.

I imagine it would be easier to just move the stones aside rather than haul them all the way to Salisbury Plain. Many stones travelled hundreds of miles. I know about the erratics.

I probably shouldn't have commented. I have no interest in the Pyramids or Stonehenge other than they are nice subjects for poetry and songs lol.

[Kurokage]

Most people mix up the inner smaller Blue stones with the larger Sarsen. 
There's a great documentary out there about the research done in hunting down the actual outcrop where the Blue stones were from. They found the Blue stones were originally part of a stone circle in Wales, and quarried not far from where the stones were originally placed before being moved to the Stonehenge site.

The sarsen stones at Stonehenge are massive silicified sandstone blocks, primarily sourced from the Marlborough Downs, and are integral to the monument's structure and historical significance. These stones were quarried not that far from Stonehenge (25 kilometres).

I found it I think....

[Nerb]

For me it's a bit like the pyramids, not something to be lauded or admired but a testament to man's stupidity. What an absolute waste of time and resources.

Nothing Changes.

TPTB will always find a way to spend a huge amount of time and resources on stunts to inflate their own egos rather than the infrastructure for the people.

New Ballroom anyone? Or perhaps a shiny long skyscraper in the desert or a tall one by the sea? A palace or giant Dome perhaps? Let's build them on the Moon to prove just what dumb animals we are.

AND... how much is Elon going to pay planet Earth to buy some of OUR water to take PERMENANTLY to Mars to spread the human disease?

Perhaps the most important element on THIS ball of dirt isn't for sale to another!

People need Nurturing, not Monuments.