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This is how a 150-ton stone was moved thousands of years ago to complete the Dolmen of Menga
El Pais ^ | 08/31/2024 | Vicente Olaya

Posted on 09/05/2024 9:16:51 AM PDT by Brian Griffin

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To: Brian Griffin

They dragged the stone over a smoothed surface to a predug pit. However, the article fails to mention just how the people dragged the stone.

Did the just use people with ropes and harnesses ( assuming they could make a rope strong enough to pull a 150 ton stone without breaking )?

Did they use logs as rollers ( assuming the logs were some very hard and dense wood that would not be crushed by 150 tons )?

Did they carve some hard stone into perfectly round rollers ( assuming they had stone of sufficient hardness that 150 tons would not chip or grind them as they rolled )?


21 posted on 09/05/2024 11:07:32 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Night Hides Not

“Smart” phones make their users stupid, and destroy their social skills as well!


22 posted on 09/05/2024 11:07:50 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Jonty30

“ Concrete, then.”

You’re original usage is ok per dictionary.com.


23 posted on 09/05/2024 11:24:56 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: cymbeline

I appreciate that.


24 posted on 09/05/2024 11:39:49 AM PDT by Jonty30 (Genghis Khan did not have the most descendants. His father had more. )
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To: Brian Griffin

I recall a song about a coal miner complaining about moving 16 tons.


25 posted on 09/05/2024 11:55:26 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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