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Fastening. I'll be watching to see reports from actual geologists, archaeologists and antiquarians.
When rocks take on evidence of having been interfered with by unnatural causes I think the emphasis goes from geology to archaeology.Juvenissun; as politely as I can say this, 'geology' is the study and science of - rocks. In the spirit of full disclosure, geologists are very interested in 'large' rocks. 'Old' rocks are rather interesting as well. 'Old, Big' rocks? They can't resist.
The shape (if the photograph is germane) is rather suggestive as well.
Yes, I should think so. If 'markings' are found, might have to bring in a linguist as well.TasManOfGod said:When rocks take on evidence of having been interfered with by unnatural causes I think the emphasis goes from geology to archaeology.
Juvenissun; as politely as I can say this, 'geology' is the study and science of - rocks. In the spirit of full disclosure, geologists are very interested in 'large' rocks. 'Old' rocks are rather interesting as well. 'Old, Big' rocks? They can't resist.
The shape (if the photograph is germane) is rather suggestive as well.
Yes, I should think so. If 'markings' are found, might have to bring in a linguist as well.
Like I said, I'm waiting for a full report. I'd love to see them myself, but I doubt I could afford the travel.
What I should have done in the first place. The photo in post #1 is from a site called Baalbek, in the Beqaa Valley.
There are reports on it already. And the Ancient Alien Astronaut bunch goes into ecstatic utterances whenever they read about it. Not much in the way of Bible prophesy involved.
It's the 'stone of the pregnant woman ' thought to have been intended for the construction of the nearby Roman temple of Jupiter.
Stone of the Pregnant Woman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
What mystical powers or pet giants did the Roman have to move the stone? Not enough apparently, as they never managed to get the stone out of the quarry.
Sprinkle abrasive between the rock face and another smoothish slab and move the slab back and forth. once they are sliding against each other the high points are the places in contact and get worn down more. Use finer and finer abrasive until both faces are polished smooth.I am interested to know the smoothness of the polished(?) surface. The precision of cut(?) and mosaic seen in the Andes (on slightly softer rocks) amazed me a lot.
Sprinkle abrasive between the rock face and another smoothish slab and move the slab back and forth. once they are sliding against each other the high points are the places in contact and get worn down more. Use finer and finer abrasive until both faces are polished smooth.
I don't think ancient craftsmen were limitted by you lack of imagination. An abrasive harder than that rock being worked is preferable, but simply rubbing the two slabs together will produce together will act as a abrasive, nor would any abrasive be limited to quartz rich sand. Mill stones would be able to produce different grades of abrasive simpy through longer grinding times. Another smoothish slab would be a slab of rock as smooth as their quarrying process was able to make the first slab.It is easy to say.
The abrasives must be quartz rich sand. And a lot of it is needed.
And I can not think what the "another smoothish slab" could be.
Plus, fine mesh sieves ...
Too many pre-requisites.
When rocks take on evidence of having been interfered with by unnatural causes I think the emphasis goes from geology to archaeology.
Archaeologists often work with geologists on excavations, especially when what they are excavating is itself made of stone. Geologists can tell us all sorts of useful information. For example, they can tell us where the rock or rocks came from in the first place. In this case, it looks like these rocks are laying in the same quarry where they were mined; but archaeologists don't take that for granted just because it seems like the obvious answer. They'll have geologists confirm it.juvenissun said:The shape is artificial. That is not geological.
The size and age of the rock is minuscule and meaningless in geology.
Please, believe me, think about this rock in any other way but geology.
I don't think ancient craftsmen were limitted by you lack of imagination. An abrasive harder than that rock being worked is preferable, but simply rubbing the two slabs together will produce together will act as a abrasive, nor would any abrasive be limited to quartz rich sand. Mill stones would be able to produce different grades of abrasive simpy through longer grinding times. Another smoothish slab would be a slab of rock as smooth as their quarrying process was able to make the first slab.