Forgotten Technology
A modest retired carpenter named Walley Wallington may have solved one of humankind’s greatest mysteries: the ancient construction methods of our world’s monumental wonders.
Using wooden tools, gravity, and common sense, Wallington has proven he can raise ten-ton stones by himself in a matter of minutes. He has begun "to build a replica of Stonehenge with eight 10-ton blocks on end and 2-ton blocks on top. One man, no wheels, no rollers, no ropes, no hoist or power equipment, using only sticks and stones.” On his website, Wallington has posted detailed information, numerous images, and five mind-bending videos of his techniques in action.
Wallington does not believe outer space visitors or forgotten occult magick had anything to do with the construction of our ancient wonders. Instead he believes something far stranger -- that the "ancient legends from around the world are true. Some megaliths could have been set in place by as few as one man.”
Watch a video of him here:
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Amazing, thanks for sharing.
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This article explains a similar, possibly complementary technique, using quarter circles of wood to allow rolling the stones.
http://www.atse.org.au/index.php?sectionid=376
Interestingly, large numbers of objects fitting the description have been found in Egypt, yet have never been identified as tools for rolling the stones. (The same devices could be used to build a round road like Wallington's)
The only real question is
stone distances
The larger sarsens at Stonehenge are from Fyfield Down, about 20 miles to the north (just east of Avebury henge, well worth a visit). The bluestones are from south Wales, about 160 miles away. Nifty trick with stones or not, that's a long way without roads!
this might explain Coral Castle as well...
Crazy. Who Knows.
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YEAAH
It wouldn't have been easy, but....
Absolutely fascinating. Between this, and the technique used to cut stone by ice (I have no immediate reference for this, but have read it in many places. Take a look...basically water expands 10% when it freezes. They would chisel a decent groove, then put water in it on a night that would produce ice. Stone breaks in pretty straight lines, believe it nor not...a bit of chiseling would even it out)...it seems that Stonehendge could be the life-long project of even a single individual, as long as he knew these techniques.
A dedicated community/organization would make it that much easier. He said he could do 300 feet a day with his own power...how much more if he had 5, 10, 20 people to help?
"You must *be* the change you wish to see in the world." Mahatma Gandhi
I suppose the coolest thing is the triumph...
Pyramid Construction
On Wallington's site he mentioned the following about the pyramids:
I could build The Great Pyramid of Giza, using my techniques and primitive tools. On a twenty-five year construction schedule, (working forty hours per week at fifty weeks per year, using the input of myself to calculate) I would need a crew of 520 people to move blocks from the main quarry to the site and another 100 to move the blocks on site. For hoisting I need a crew of 120 (40 working and 80 rotating). My crew can raise 7000 lb. 100 ft. per minute. I have found the design of the pyramid is functional in it’s own construction. No external ramp is needed.
He explains his "lever" in a bit more detail as well. And there is a video of him moving an entire barn at about 6 feet an hour . . . and the speed doubles with every extra man on the task.
He doesn't dive into the astronomical alignments of ancient sites; but it's reasonable to suggest that the star-gazing, astronomer class didn't do much more then write the plans and have trusted "managers" oversee the construction . . . assuming they were nocturnal.