forbidden archeology

[dill786]

this is in baalbeck too, this monolith is called the " stone of the pregnant woman" This huge 1000-2000 ton stone is reportedly the largest cut stone in the world.

[dill786]

i wonder what types of tools these guys used.....


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[A Bloke Down The Pub]

Don't know, but I want one!

Looks like the work of a big core drill.
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I'm going to have to hire a 5" one to cut a ventilation hole in the wall of my growroom... it's getting a bit chilly to have the outlet poked out of an open window.

[bentech]

heh,
you cant silence a phenumatic tool...

its was a simple drill running a large diameter core bit...
when we hire this job out the guy drills several holes in the wall first to anchor his tool first.

you have to run a stream of water on it the whole time and you vacuum up the slurry thats created or you go to prison after the epa monitors find that stuff washed down the drain

each of those 4 cut would take about 10 minutes

noticed they took time to hammer down the rough edges inbetween the cuts where they lapped?

[dill786]

yeah i did.. i guess they were real professional about it all.....

[bentech]

that should read 20 minutes per cut, core

lapping cuts like that significantly increases the chance that the drill with throw its cutting teeth

horizontal cuttings raises issues and difficulties second only to overhead

[bentech]

a better look at the hardware

[dill786]

in the 3rd pic.. that drill core is frigging huge !!

[country boy]

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[dill786]

They used rocks harder than limestone to hammer them into whatever shape they wanted.

Hmm, you cant even get a cigarette paper in between the joints, so how did they manage to do precise cutting using rocks ?

the pumapunku site in bolivia , i read somewhere that they used plant extract to soften and shape the stones, but it doesn't explain the precise drill holes that they made.......