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Re: Ball bearings used to build Stonehenge
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moss wrote:
Its only another theory but interesting nevertheless.......

"Scientists showed how balls placed in grooved wooden tracks would have allowed the easy movement of stones weighing many tons."

http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.[...]tonehenge_says_expert/?ref=rss


Archaeologist Andrew Young described the experiment in which he sat on top of the slabs to provide extra weight.

He said: "The true test was when a colleague used his index finger to move me forward - a mere push and the slabs and I shot forward.

"This proved the balls could move large heavy objects and could be a viable explanation of how giant stones were moved."

I would have thought a child of 6 would have known that...but in practical terms?


Reply | with quote		Posted by Sanctuary
18th November 2010ce
15:24

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