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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:03:45 PM EDT
These structures were built out of granite without the use of metal tools perhaps a thousand years before the Incia people discovered them.
The Incia people found these ruins and did their own buildings on top of the ancient structures.  Machu Picchu - The Part They Didn't Teach You in School - Lost Ancient Civilizations |
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:05:25 PM EDT
[Last Edit: RIO-lover]
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:05:47 PM EDT
[Last Edit: sel366]
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:08:35 PM EDT
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I want to believe
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:09:02 PM EDT
[Last Edit: RIO-lover]
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The last picture here, an expert mason would struggle to cut that with diamond edge tools
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:09:22 PM EDT
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Kind of off topic but still relevant to this thread. Yesterday I was watching the history channel and I found out Abraham Lincoln was a slave, Racist, lazy , a liar, and homosexual.
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:10:24 PM EDT
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Me. I did it.
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:22:08 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:23:09 PM EDT
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Pretty neat
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:23:35 PM EDT
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The Anunnaki.
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:24:15 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:25:02 PM EDT
[Last Edit: headstoner]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RIO-lover: https://ashtronort.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/anim-17-sided-stone-inca-stonework1.gif?w=547 The last picture here, an expert mason would struggle to cut that with diamond edge tools 
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:25:52 PM EDT
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Cave Mexicans
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:27:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RIO-lover:
https://i.redd.it/5g4du6bo56t11.jpg https://www.ancient.eu/img/r/p/500x600/2372.jpg?v=1485680624 https://ashtronort.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/anim-17-sided-stone-inca-stonework1.gif?w=547 The last picture here, an expert mason would struggle to cut that with diamond edge tools Never underestimate the tenacity of folks without the distraction of internet pornography. |
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:28:17 PM EDT
[Last Edit: JAD762]
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Let me give you a hint on how I know this was done by indigenous populations. Advanced societies work in composites & advanced materials, primitive societies work in stone. |
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:30:47 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Storz]
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Went to Peru and Machu Picchu earlier this year, its very obvious the older stuff was built with a lot more skill than the newer stuff. There are megaliths all over the place in that country, its absolutely amazing.
 20180407_151714 by _Storz_, on FlickrCompare what you can see on the right side of the photo to the construction on the left and behind. My thoughts are that the Inca inherited these megalithic sights and built on top of them (not uncommon in the ancient world) trying to emulate what they saw, but without the extreme precision of their forbearers. The very square blocks on the right in the photo actually represent the "middle" building period according to some researchers, the earliest blocks are the larger non-uniform building technique in the bottom photo, that appear to be 'melted' together almost (behind the Mrs). Seeing it in person is pretty memorable!  20180407_152910 by _Storz_, on Flickr
 20180410_154605 by _Storz_, on Flickr
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:31:08 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By RIO-lover:
These structures were built out of granite without the use of metal tools perhaps a thousand years before the Incia people discovered them.
The Incia people found these ruins and did their own buildings on top of the ancient structures.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpjJxN17VBsIncas built it. Then they abandoned it after Spain kicked their ass. It was not "discovered" later. The locals knew about it the whole time. |
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OH, USA
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:32:13 PM EDT
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Its stamped concrete :)
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:32:17 PM EDT
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Earlier this morning I watched a video of a Pacific Islander use a chain saw and a chisel carve a spiral bar stool. This isn’t rocket science this is craftsmanship. All it takes is a lifetime of learning and practice and anyone can carve rock and shoes are optional.
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:35:05 PM EDT
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Puma Punku too.
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:35:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JAD762:
https://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Its_118505_1004637.jpg Let me give you a hint on how I know this was done by indigenous populations. Advanced societies work in composites & advanced materials, primitive societies work in stone. If you really want to get them foaming at the mouth tell them Bigfoot doesn't exist,there are no aliens at area 51 and the Earth is not flat. |
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:35:43 PM EDT
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The fact that these stones are made of granite.
They were cut without any metal tools having been invented yet. Many of these stones had right angle inside corners cut into them. Try cutting a right angle inside corner using modern tools. It makes you wonder why they cut such elaborately shaped stones when square or rectangular stones would have been much easier to cut and stack. 
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:37:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TxRabbitBane:
Never underestimate the tenacity of folks without the distraction of internet pornography. 
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:38:31 PM EDT
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Archaeology is junk science and can't be used for anything productive.
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:39:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RIO-lover:
https://i.redd.it/5g4du6bo56t11.jpg https://www.ancient.eu/img/r/p/500x600/2372.jpg?v=1485680624 https://ashtronort.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/anim-17-sided-stone-inca-stonework1.gif?w=547 The last picture here, an expert mason would struggle to cut that with diamond edge tools |
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:39:19 PM EDT
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Are there diamonds in that part of the world?
I have found metal tools that have been left out in the dirt for a year or so and those were hardly recognizable, 1000 + years might make it worse. ...just sayin' m.o.o.n. that spells toolkit. |
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:40:05 PM EDT
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My money is on the "Red Giants"
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:40:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TxRabbitBane:
I always hear that, but can’t you see the tool marks on the stones where they were hand-fitted? Didn’t they also find numerous examples of the tools used in the fitting? Never underestimate the tenacity of folks without the distraction of internet pornography. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TxRabbitBane:
Originally Posted By RIO-lover:
https://i.redd.it/5g4du6bo56t11.jpg https://www.ancient.eu/img/r/p/500x600/2372.jpg?v=1485680624 https://ashtronort.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/anim-17-sided-stone-inca-stonework1.gif?w=547 The last picture here, an expert mason would struggle to cut that with diamond edge tools Never underestimate the tenacity of folks without the distraction of internet pornography. |
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:42:32 PM EDT
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I believe the Antediluvian civilizations were far more advanced than is generally believed. And then came the cataclysm around 12k years ago that wiped most of the planet clean.
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:43:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 0100010:
Puma Punku too. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/PUMA_PUNKU%2C_TIAJUANACO%2C_BOLIVIA.jpg |
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:43:50 PM EDT
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What's more likely?
A bunch of people working under slave labor conditions spent an obscene amount of time shaping and stacking rocks with primitive tools. or Aliens with the technology for interstellar travel came down from the sky to build stone forts on mountain top because reasons. |
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:43:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JAD762:
https://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Its_118505_1004637.jpg Let me give you a hint on how I know this was done by indigenous populations. Advanced societies work in composites & advanced materials, primitive societies work in stone. |
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:44:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 2minkey: That guy is completely full of shit. He needs to take a basic logic class. Incas built it. Then they abandoned it after Spain kicked their ass. It was not "discovered" later. The locals knew about it the whole time. Explained in the video below. |
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:44:39 PM EDT
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White people
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:44:49 PM EDT
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 Peru Lost Ancient High Technology: Machu Pic'chu And Ollantaytambo |
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:46:41 PM EDT
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I blame the late classical Olmec population.
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:46:52 PM EDT
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I thought they were built by Predator as xenomorph hunting resorts.
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:46:53 PM EDT
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And yet they can’t put in an electrical outlet straight to save their lives.
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:47:02 PM EDT
[Last Edit: DragoMuseveni]
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double post caused by the 504 gateway.
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:47:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RIO-lover:
The fact that these stones are made of granite. They were cut without any metal tools having been invented yet. Many of these stones had right angle inside corners cut into them. Try cutting a right angle inside corner using modern tools. It makes you wonder why they cut such elaborately shaped stones when square or rectangular stones would have been much easier to cut and stack. |
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:47:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SDMF_Rebel:
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:49:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RIO-lover:
The fact that these stones are made of granite. Try cutting a right angle inside corner using modern tools. 
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:49:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RIO-lover: The Inca people found the ancient ruins built with far superior skills than they possessed and they built their structures on top of this structure that they found. Explained in the video below. |
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:49:40 PM EDT
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They were smart, had lots of time and slave labor to build stuff.
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:50:10 PM EDT
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The real mind trip is that the same exact masonry style is found all over Greece as well.
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:50:37 PM EDT
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Dunno.
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:52:37 PM EDT
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Machu Picchu was built in the 15th century; the reason it looks like less skilled labor built on top of it is because when it was "found" it was in ruins and what you see today is the effort to rebuild the thing by people that dont have a month to rub two stones together to get them to fit.
Read a book for cryin out loud. |
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:54:41 PM EDT
[Last Edit: waterglass]
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I dunno how it was done, but until I see someone do it with copper chisels and without wood or the wheel I kinda doubt it was the Inca.
I'm talking about the huge megalithic stuff. Not the stuff built on top of it and around it. |
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:54:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Fidel_Cashflow:
What's more likely? A bunch of people working under slave labor conditions spent an obscene amount of time shaping and stacking rocks with primitive tools. or Aliens with the technology for interstellar travel came down from the sky to build stone forts on mountain top because reasons. |
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:55:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BB:
Machu Picchu was built in the 15th century; the reason it looks like less skilled labor built on top of it is because when it was "found" it was in ruins and what you see today is the effort to rebuild the thing by people that dont have a month to rub two stones together to get them to fit. Read a book for cryin out loud. |
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Posted: 12/19/2018 12:55:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DragoMuseveni:
I thought they were built by Predator as xenomorph hunting resorts. |
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