[SunkenCiv]

In before the anachronistic fantasies.

U.K. archaeology students attempt to prove a rail-and-ball system could have moved Stonehenge stones. [Photograph courtesy University of Exeter]

[Tainan]

Levitation....everyone knows thats how Stoneburg was built.

Obviously remnants of an ancient and highly evolved civilization.

[Robert A Cook PE]

The idea sounds neat, inventive, practical, do-able.

Makes sense. And the rocks would not be discarded after one use in one place. At 3 inch diameter, the priests/builders/foreman/stonecutters would simply find it easy to just pick them all up and take them to the next site.

[RichInOC]

Wow. Those ancient British had big stones, didn’t they?

[doodad]

Aye it took balls. Large brass ones laddie.

and ample free time and ale

[Caipirabob]

Sorry, but I'm sticking with the "Aliens" theory...

I love these threads. Thanks for the post!

[kingpins10]

The History Channel said it was built with alien technology, so, you know, it’s gotta be true.

[sodpoodle]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/4123764.stm

Is there any possibility that there is a stone quarry UNDERNEATH Stonehenge?

It would have been possible to remove the dirt and leave the stones exposed in the formation.

I still believe it was physically impossible for humans to drag those monsters 240 miles - without a thousand dray horses on rotating shifts.

[JRios1968]

Andrew Young, though, says Stonehenge's slabs, may have been rolled over a series of balls lined up in grooved rails, according to a November 30 statement from Exeter University in the U.K., where Young is a doctoral student in biosciences.

I bet he's related to Angus Young of AC/DC...

[DUMBGRUNT]

What did they use for high tensile strength rope?
With perfectly round bearings and straight grooves they would hit soft spots in the earth.
How many pushers could be engaged?
My guess is that it would tend to nose down and need to be pulled out?

[Bigg Red]

What? These college students think women provided the horsepower?

[lonestar]

Stonehenge is child’s play compared to the pyramids.

[sodpoodle]

OK - frozen rivers!

http://www.history.com/topics/how-was-stonehenge-built

[Mrs. Don-o]

Laissez les bon temps rouler.

[SpaceBar]

Now all they have to do is find the ancient sawmill where the druids purchased their 2x4’s and the theory’s complete.

[Chewbacca]

Are they sure they didn’t use horses to pull the stones?

[Ladycalif]

We have no idea how they built it, do we?

[Beowulf9]

But wouldn’t you think they’dve found some of the balls, parts or something?