Video of how stonehenge might have been built

[GoingUp]

This guy is a genius! Pretty neat video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRRDzFROMx0

 

[Kelemvor]

I've seen this before. It's a neat way to move things around like that.

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

cool

*goes to build a stonehenge replica*

 

[I4AT]

Wow, that's pretty cool, but what about the stones that lay on top of the pillars?

 

[Squisher]

I just looked in my HOA bylaws. No stonehenge allowed.

 

[Cattlegod]

Go Michigan!

 

[Q]

Neat

 

[Hyperlite]

Originally posted by: I4AT
Wow, that's pretty cool, but what about the stones that lay on top of the pillars?

yeah thats what i was thinking too.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Cool

 

[middlehead]

HE'S A WIZARD! THE BLACK ARTS ABOUND!

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: Hyperlite

Originally posted by: I4AT
Wow, that's pretty cool, but what about the stones that lay on top of the pillars?

yeah thats what i was thinking too.

Perhaps they could have used the same technique (of rocking back and forth while inserting stuff under opposite sides of the central pivot) to get the top stones high enough to make the process of moving them into position easier.

 

[MrDudeMan]

OR

maybe they just built small ramps out of dirt, drug the blocks up the ramp, and let them slide down the side into their final resting position. that is WAY easier and obviously would also work. it also explains how it would be possible to put the blocks on top of other blocks.

/solution

 

[allies]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
OR

maybe they just built small ramps out of dirt, drug the blocks up the ramp, and let them slide down the side into their final resting position. that is WAY easier and obviously would also work. it also explains how it would be possible to put the blocks on top of other blocks.

/solution

lol because dragging tons of stone is easy

 

[andylawcc]

marked for later !

 

[PhoenixOrion]

Originally posted by: middlehead
HE'S A WIZARD! THE BLACK ARTS ABOUND!

He's a druid I tell ya!

 

[OsoVerde]

Remember kids: work smarter, not harder.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: allies

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
OR

maybe they just built small ramps out of dirt, drug the blocks up the ramp, and let them slide down the side into their final resting position. that is WAY easier and obviously would also work. it also explains how it would be possible to put the blocks on top of other blocks.

/solution

lol because dragging tons of stone is easy

i dont think it is easy, but with 50 guys it would be possible.

 

[apac]

tagged

 

[daveymark]

Originally posted by: OsoVerde
Remember kids: work smarter, not harder.

thanks, unca scooge

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
Go Michigan!

Not quite. This is one of the reasons you can buy houses for $7k in Michigan .

 

[Sphexi]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan

Originally posted by: allies

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
OR

maybe they just built small ramps out of dirt, drug the blocks up the ramp, and let them slide down the side into their final resting position. that is WAY easier and obviously would also work. it also explains how it would be possible to put the blocks on top of other blocks.

/solution

lol because dragging tons of stone is easy

i dont think it is easy, but with 50 guys it would be possible.

The guy moved a barn, and that stone by himself. Sure, going uphill is harder, but not impossible. Ropes, pulleys, and a dirt ramp, anything is possible. Get enough guys involved and I bet it could happen.

 

[mrrman]

pretty cool but it was the aliens who built it lol

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: mrrman
pretty cool but it was the aliens who built it lol

<-- taps sarcasm meter...

...

I hope you're not stupid enough to actually believe that.

 

[Ipno]

You just have to convince the rocks that they can fly.

 

[allies]

Originally posted by: Sphexi

The guy moved a barn, and that stone by himself. Sure, going uphill is harder, but not impossible. Ropes, pulleys, and a dirt ramp, anything is possible. Get enough guys involved and I bet it could happen.

The guy also mentioned that he was doing his gig without the use of pulleys... I don't think they had pulleys in the stonehenge days.