Ingenious. Leverage is our friend. Now let’s move on to the Nazca lines in Peru to ascertain how these were made; and why.
Given intelligent thought, man has even found a way to move water uphill giving no thought to Ben Franklin’s discovery.
Thanks, PP.
Yep.
My favorite story is the guy who went to Easter Island, and told the villagers to move some of the stones for a few hundred bucks. They chopped some vines, wrapped them up, and dragged the half cut heads from the quarry to the desired site in less than a day.
You can do anything with leverage.
“the Nazca lines in Peru”
I’ve never understood how ancient people did such large-scale designs so perfectly. Even the white chalk horses in Britain are hard to understand - the Uffington horse is stylistically so beautiful:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uffington_White_Horse