Randall Carlson

If it's structural stone, typically start looking at buildings, you know, 19th century, early 20th century built out of structural stone. You know, you're looking at blocks that might weigh 1 to 200 pounds. Why don't we build with stones that are 10 tons or 20 tons or 50 tons? Because it would be totally uneconomical, right?

If it's structural stone, typically start looking at buildings, you know, 19th century, early 20th century built out of structural stone. You know, you're looking at blocks that might weigh 1 to 200 pounds. Why don't we build with stones that are 10 tons or 20 tons or 50 tons? Because it would be totally uneconomical, right?

If it's structural stone, typically start looking at buildings, you know, 19th century, early 20th century built out of structural stone. You know, you're looking at blocks that might weigh 1 to 200 pounds. Why don't we build with stones that are 10 tons or 20 tons or 50 tons? Because it would be totally uneconomical, right?

Well, what would be true for our modern civilization would be 10 times more true for ancient cultures. Yet we find all over the world examples of megalithic stonework.

Well, what would be true for our modern civilization would be 10 times more true for ancient cultures. Yet we find all over the world examples of megalithic stonework.

Well, what would be true for our modern civilization would be 10 times more true for ancient cultures. Yet we find all over the world examples of megalithic stonework.

Okay, now we're supposed to believe that this is hunter-gatherers, that these are nomadic foragers that are, you know, or subsistence farming, that on their leisure time, they're quarrying 20-ton stones, transporting them sometimes hundreds of miles, and they're Okay. We, we could surmise. Okay. We've got, Hey, there's this one tribe and they were insane.

Okay, now we're supposed to believe that this is hunter-gatherers, that these are nomadic foragers that are, you know, or subsistence farming, that on their leisure time, they're quarrying 20-ton stones, transporting them sometimes hundreds of miles, and they're Okay. We, we could surmise. Okay. We've got, Hey, there's this one tribe and they were insane.

Okay, now we're supposed to believe that this is hunter-gatherers, that these are nomadic foragers that are, you know, or subsistence farming, that on their leisure time, they're quarrying 20-ton stones, transporting them sometimes hundreds of miles, and they're Okay. We, we could surmise. Okay. We've got, Hey, there's this one tribe and they were insane.

And for whatever reason, they were obsessed with quarrying big stones and moving them over the land. And, but when you find it over and over and over again, yeah, I just don't buy it. I don't buy that. This is all just the result of, of nothing more than manual labor. You know, the, uh, you read the recently, the, the, the, some of the new studies on the altar stone at Stonehenge.

And for whatever reason, they were obsessed with quarrying big stones and moving them over the land. And, but when you find it over and over and over again, yeah, I just don't buy it. I don't buy that. This is all just the result of, of nothing more than manual labor. You know, the, uh, you read the recently, the, the, the, some of the new studies on the altar stone at Stonehenge.

And for whatever reason, they were obsessed with quarrying big stones and moving them over the land. And, but when you find it over and over and over again, yeah, I just don't buy it. I don't buy that. This is all just the result of, of nothing more than manual labor. You know, the, uh, you read the recently, the, the, the, some of the new studies on the altar stone at Stonehenge.

Have you seen any of that?

Have you seen any of that?

Have you seen any of that?

What is it? Was it six tons or 12 tons? It came from like the Orkney's up in Northern Scotland, at least 450, 460 miles. That stone had to get transported down to Southern England. And, you know, the archaeologists that have been looking at it, I read several articles by them, excuse me, interviews.

What is it? Was it six tons or 12 tons? It came from like the Orkney's up in Northern Scotland, at least 450, 460 miles. That stone had to get transported down to Southern England. And, you know, the archaeologists that have been looking at it, I read several articles by them, excuse me, interviews.

What is it? Was it six tons or 12 tons? It came from like the Orkney's up in Northern Scotland, at least 450, 460 miles. That stone had to get transported down to Southern England. And, you know, the archaeologists that have been looking at it, I read several articles by them, excuse me, interviews.

And they'll say things like, well, obviously, and it's, you know, they thought that it was one of the typical bluestone rhyolitic stones that came from whales until they took a better look at it and they realized, no, this is actually a third. It's not the sarsen stones that make the big outer rings or the horseshoe, the horseshoe trilithons. It's not the bluestones. It's something different.

And they'll say things like, well, obviously, and it's, you know, they thought that it was one of the typical bluestone rhyolitic stones that came from whales until they took a better look at it and they realized, no, this is actually a third. It's not the sarsen stones that make the big outer rings or the horseshoe, the horseshoe trilithons. It's not the bluestones. It's something different.