Billy Brown wrote:
> Ishmael Abd-er-Rahman wrote:
The lower courses of the Temple of Jupiter at Baalbeck are, according to the
quotes I have seen, too massive to be moved using currently available
technology. Now, these may be quotes from engineers who have vested interests,
or they might be correct.
> > I don't think that with the technology we have now we can
> > construct the massive pyramids, temples, and stadiums the
> > ancients built.
>
> Why on Earth not? We can build as big a pile of rock as you want - you just
> have to be prepared to pay for it. By modern standards there is nothing
> especially challenging about any of these 'great wonders'. Stone
> construction is a somewhat neglected art (because it isn't cost effective),
> but there is nothing magical about it.
> Actually, we know exactly how most of the famous cases were built.
> Archaeologists have duplicated in great detail the methods used by Egyptians
> to build the pyramids and temples. They've also done a good job on the
> methods used in Greece, England and on Easter Island. In every case there
> is no magic or advanced technology involved - just old-fashioned
> craftsmanship and a massive amount of human labor.
The vitrified forts in ireland?
Dwayne
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