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The sides are oriented to the four cardinal points of the compass and the length of each side at the base is 755 feet (230.4 m). They rise at an angle of 51 52' to a height , originally, of 481 feet (147 m) but nowadays 451 feet (138 m). It was constructed using around 2,300,000 limestone blocks, weighing, on average, 2.5 tons each. Although some weigh as much as 16 tons.
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) west of Amesbury and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones. It is at the centre of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.[1]
Originally posted by CanadianDream420
I believe this was discussed over 1000 times on ATS... roughly... ??
Originally posted by CayceFan
Originally posted by CanadianDream420
I believe this was discussed over 1000 times on ATS... roughly... ??
Yet here you are, not only reading - but posting!edit on 4-1-2011 by CayceFan because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by misfitofscience
Actually it has been said in ancient scriptures and through Mayan elders, that the "gods" Carved the great structures from Massive rock formations that were already in place at their respective locations around the world by using a type of liquid that could shape the strongest of stones, by slightly liquifying the stones. molding them with a straight edge, then letting them harden into place. If this is indeed the fact...assuming it were.....what chemical has eluded us for thousands of years?
Also sound wave levitation is strongly becoming a new key player into the realm of anti gravity.
Originally posted by innervision0730
I'd like to believe it was aliens but we don't know what they used back then. People seem to think they were cavemen with rock hammers. They are more intelligent than you think.. Maybe they did have some type of machinery. Not like what we have now, but similar. Just my two cents. S&F thanks for the theory!
The Nazca Lines are a series of ancient geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. They were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. The high, arid plateau stretches more than 80 kilometres (50 mi) between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the Pampas de Jumana about 400 km south of Lima. Although some local geoglyphs resemble Paracas motifs, scholars believe the Nazca Lines were created by the Nazca culture between 400 and 650 AD.[1] The hundreds of individual figures range in complexity from simple lines to stylized hummingbirds, spiders, monkeys, fish, sharks or orcas, llamas, and lizards.
The lines are shallow designs made in the ground by removing the ubiquitous reddish pebbles and uncovering the whitish ground beneath. Hundreds are simple lines or geometric shapes; more than seventy are designs of animal, bird, fish or human figures. The largest figures are over 200 metres (660 ft) across. Scholars differ in interpreting the purpose of the designs, but they generally ascribe religious significance to them.
A major problem facing the builders of the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids, was that of getting the Large stone blocks to the height they required. the method shown at left, is the only one proven to have been used. The ramps were built on inclined planes of mud brick and rubble. They then dragged the blocks on sledges to the needed height. As the pyramid grew taller, the ramp had to be extended in length, and its base was widened, else it would collapse. It is likely that for the construction of each pyramid, several ramps were probably used.