Im not sure if its my age catching up with me, but ive been really thinking in depth these last few weeks about the Pyramids and Stone henge and im at a complete loss, so im hoping someone on here can shed abit of light for me or give me their opinions. How the feck did men/women build the pyramids all them centuries ago with no lifting equipment and get them so aligned perfectly? The four faces of an Egyptian pyramid are precisely aligned with the four cardinal points of the compass, how did they manage to do this, and how would they know about North, east, West and South over 4000 years ago? Moving onto Stone henge. What is its purpose, and why would men go to so much trouble lifting large Stones on top of eachother? I read the rocks are actually from Scotland, so for some unknown reason people decided to transport these huge rocks all the way from Scotland, to the opposite end of the country to build Stone henge? How did they get them there and why?
Great thread. I hope it gets the traffic it deserves. @The Norton Cat is a brilliant poster for stuff like this. The stones at stonhenge came from all sorts of places, Wiltshire, Wales and like you day Scotland. Most likely on boat from Scotland. I think that stone is c6 tonnes! The consensus wisdom is it was some sort of burial monument, maybe then a religious monument. There is some evidence the site itself was important to folk as far back as 8000bc. If you have never been it is well worth going, it definitely has a certain atmosphere to it. I was taken aback. One of those places where pictures dont do it justice. I like some of the alternative theories about things like the pryamids. Sorry Norton. I will post more when I have time, but cracking thread to look forward too.
I would love to have a chat with Keith Richards....I'm pretty sure he would know as he was around at the time
Thankyou for posting mate. Things like this really blow my mind. How on earth were they able to lift such heavy stones back then, carry them up a height and line them up perfectly to make the pyramids. Also the fact they are aligned perfectly with the stars?
Probably doesn’t remember as he was high! on the thread, it amazes me what they did. I’ve not been to Stonehenge yet. But I have been to the pyramids which are unbelievable. As is the sphinx. Utterly astounded and in awe when I got there. Had to stand and take it in.
aliens, advanced technology, help from the gods...feck knows and we probably never will so a discussion for all time (or until the next clear out) how ancient civilisations could do so much then simply disappear. the fact that amazed me was that cleopatra lived closer to our time than she did to the building of the great pyramids, shows they were around for one hell of an age.
Some of the stones at stonehenge weight around 25 tonnes! I dont think anybody has yet come up with a credible theory for how they were moved and then lifted into place. Using trees as a kind of roller system is one that is suggested, but that would have taken forever I would think. With the pryamids I find what is interesting is what is inside them. Some of it is mind boggling. Egypy has a lot yet to share I think in terms of ancient civilisations and what they were able to do. The Sphinx is an absolute enigma I think. I have been reading recently a theory that it is much much older than traditional science suggests. This based in water weathering data. The whole arena of ancient civilsations is fascinating to me. I am a romantic at heart and I love to believe there is so much in our ancient past we just have no comprehension of.
Admittedly I had to google this to get the facts, But there are pyramids in many places in the world. Sudan, Italy, Mexico, Guatemala, China etc. From a construction perspective I guess its one of the easiest structures to build. However, to build on the sheer scale the Egyptians did and to align to to celestial bodies in the way they are, really does take some fathoming out.
How did they even manage to move a 25 ton stone 4600 years ago, never mind picking one up and stacking it onto another stone with perfect precision aligned with the stars?
The Great Pyramid of Giza's latitude, 29.9792458°N, is the same as the speed of light in a vacuum in meters per second, 299,792,458 m/s. That has to have been done deliberately, but how, why and by whom? Fascinates me tbh ‘Ancient Aliens’ on the History Channel has some great investigations into ancient sites. Really thought provoking
Thanks for sharing mate, ill have to watch out for that. Cave men often drew images on the walls of Caves, and in some cases drew what looked like UFOs. Could UFOs coming to earth be a common thing all them years ago?
Went to see the pyramids a long time ago, the size of the blocks on the outside of great pyramid is incredible. And the ones inside are even larger. I believe some of the stones found in the temples nearby are between 150-200 tonnes. Truly is a wonder of the world when all we have are theories about how they were built.
There are Pyramids all over the world. 100s of them. There’s even one in Antarctica, all dating to around the same time period apparently. So why did all of those different cultures, without knowledge of each other, suddenly become motivated to build the same thing? As I say, really thought provoking…
I have no idea how the pyramids or Stonehenge were constructed. But I’m not going to say aliens. Occam’s razor and all that.
Ive been racking my brains the last few weeks now hence this thread. They really isnt one feasible explanation in how they were built, how they were built to such great precision to align with the stars and why go to all that hard work and trouble to build them with no machinery ?
Imagine the distance the stones would need to travel to get to the top? How the feck was that even possible 4000 years ago?
Think one of the more popular theories is the stones were floated up the Nile. The idea that the workers were slaves is rubbish too, it was a Hollywood story and stuck. Pharaohs were seen as gods in human form and the workers were very well looked after.
