The Live Science blog reported recently that Jiang Li, an engineer at the University of Science and Technology Beijing, has successfully translated an ancient Chinese document that reveals how stones in excess of 300 tons were moved over 70 miles without the wheel to...
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Moving the Stones at Baalbek: No Aliens Needed
I can second Jason Colavito’s thoughts on Aaron Adair’s recent post on the very human technology used to move the trilithon stones at Baalbek (and other such stones at other locations). It’s a very good post and, for critical thinkers at least, lays...
Ancient Neolithic Tunnels: No Aliens Needed
You just have to check out this fascinating article: “Massive European network of Stone Age tunnels that weaves from Scotland to Turkey.” Really cool. If you’ve ever visited underground caverns (or ridden a subway), you know that getting from Point A...
Ancient Aliens Debunked: 3-Hour Documentary Now Online for Free
Readers may recall a few months ago when I announced I'd be interviewed for this documentary. That happened in August. Well, I'm happy to announce that the documentary is finished and online. It's just over three hours, and free to the public. I haven't had time to...
Those “Incredible” Inca Walls: A Matter of (Photographic) Perspective
Jason Colavito recently posted a picture worth a thousand of von Daniken’s words over at his blog. A good illustration of some photographic sleight of hand that draws in the gullible when it comes to ancient astronauts. Check it out at “Are Inca Walls Too...
Transporting the Trilithon Stones of Baalbek: It’s About Applied Physics, Not Ancient Aliens
PaleoBabble readers know that ancient astronaut theorists suffer from a fixation on megalithic construction. The “impossibility” of moving stones of great size and tremendous weight appears to them as proof of alien assistance. This argument of course is simply...
Ancient Construction: No Aliens Needed
Yeah … scholars are so overwhelmed by the building projects of the ancients that they just have no idea how it was done. They’re so frightened by the clarity of the ancient alien visitation idea that they remain silent. There’s just no way to explain...
More on Wally Wallington – The Guy Who Moves Monolithic Blocks by Himself
Kudos to V. Glitschka for sending me this YouTube Video of Mr. Wallington. It's worth watching - especially the few-second scene of him rotating an entire building by himself using his simple technology (It's at about 2:05 of the video). Sorry, no aliens appear in the...