You're right it's thousands of tons, 4,535 metric tons and it has lasted for 2000 years. The point is that you have no problems thinking this is man made and designed when in fact its much more complicated than the structures you are attributing to aliens.
have you looked at puma punku? a dome has nothin on that place. im sure total it weighs that much, but not thousands a piece.
So you're amazed by a temple that was built 500 years AFTER the Pantheon and the Coliseum? The largest block was only 130 tons. That pales in comparison with the size and scope of the Coliseum. Sorry but "I don't know how they did something" is not strong evidence for aliens or miracles.
yea im amazed by a temple that has intricate/perfect cuts varyin in size, depth and quality, perfect engraved patters that are like a millimeter deep, and the fact that there really isnt anywhere around that area to get that kinda material that they used to make it...yea im amazed by that and no i dont think they did that shit on their own.
Quit getting your facts from a stupid TV show.
yeah man that stufs crazy no way in hell we did that stuff, we cant do that stuff now without huge machines and machine made blades and sand/water blasting type sht
so you found out where it came from. now for the real money question, how do they propose they put them together where rocks have less tan 1mm between them, we make bricks, becasue we dont have the technology to presision cut a mountain in half anymore.
All of the finishing work is done by hand. Not saying it isn't labor intensive. Remember, these people could spend generations building these things. The bottom of the structure dates much earlier than later additions. The Coliseum was built in a fraction of the time and that mortar-less construction has massive amounts of force bearing down on the arches. Not to mention the mass of the crowd that it has to support which is a dynamic load as people are moving and jumping around in their seats during events. I think anyone that automatically thinks aliens is discounting the ingenuity of humans. Our intelligence is essentially the same as it was 5,000 years ago, only our available tools have changed. Quit trying to apply modern technology to buildings that weren't built that way. A massive crane might have a hard time lifting a 100 ton block but using ramps made from dirt, wood and stone will get the block up there as well, it just takes longer.
do you have proof all that work was done by hand?
Proof? You want proof that ancient people did their stone work with metal hand tools by hand but you are willing to accept the idea that aliens helped because of mere speculation? I can see this discussion is a waste of time.
This can rightly be turned around.
Do you really want to have asked such a backward question? Or was this humor?
That's the only thing we have evidence for... There's tools, and labour camps where the workers lived, dated at the time of the Egyptians; how much more evidence do you need?
Great video, BB. I love Shermer and have seen him lecture several times. Nice clear, concise explanation of the scientific method...