Posted on 05/08/2023 12:44:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Amazing! They used a lifting device to lift things! Brilliant!
Now I’m wondering about the pyramids of Egypt!
My Dad grew up in Europe with horse- and ox-powered farm equipment, and both at work and play here (construction, farming, and clearing land) he used come-alongs, chain-falls, pipe (to roll), and good old heavy steel levers to move rocks, fell trees, and reposition just about anything that he could get leverage on. I am proud to try to do the same, as a woman I push, roll, use ramps and come-alongs, and anything possible to do it solo before I seek help. (And I am the first to admit, the strongest female is NO WHERE near the strength of the average male).
He was fascinated with the theories on Egyptian and ancient construction and had his own. I bet those were some of the first things he wanted to check out on the other side.
Clever folks, those old classical Greeks. Too bad they were scattered to the winds and their ancestral homeland was occupied by others who were little more than barbarians.
A fate lying in wait for that territory once known as the “United States of America”, as it falls into decivilization and rapid balkanization.
Thanks Gene Eric! When the Parthenon was restored some years back (it may have been discovered before that, but this is just AFAIK) the blocks and column parts were found to have scars from where the lifting "pegs" had been left protruding. After each part was lifted and set into place, the pegs were cut off.
The Parthenon (Greek: Παρθενών) is a temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the maiden goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron. Its construction began in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the height of its power. It was completed in 438 BC, although decoration of the building continued until 432 BC. It is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece, generally considered the culmination of the development of the Doric order.Engineering Feats of the Golden Age - The Parthenon- Part 1 | 14:07
Discovery Channel Documentary
Klaus Vonderlein | 167 subscribers | 107,140 views | March 25, 2013
talk about being able to shortcut set-up time — wow
Parthenon construction starts at 33:18, there's a link at the page.Engineering an Empire: Ancient Greece (S1, E1) | 44:51
Full Episode | History | 11.8M subscribers
1,898,323 views | July 18, 2020
Cribbing is a thing. It’s not complicated and can be done with a lever and wood.
Excellent. I’ll watch the vid while eating dinner.
Now I’m wondering about the pyramids of Egypt!
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cast stone, not quarried - quarried was used to make later repairs.
But what do ancient astronaut theorists say?
I’ve heard theories that they used some sort of sound waves to “levitate” the blocks. And why the building is impressive, the CUTTING of the blocks is the more impressive thing.
I always thought they flipped them up there like “tiddly winks”.
Alley Oop rents we have what you need.
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