Largest Stone Blocks ever Discovered

Fastening. I'll be watching to see reports from actual geologists, archaeologists and antiquarians.

Archie the Preacher said:

Fastening. I'll be watching to see reports from actual geologists, archaeologists and antiquarians.

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It has nothing to do with geology. It is simply a big rock.

But there are tons of questions to this object. Just like many other giant objects (seen in South America), it is always a interesting puzzle to me.

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.

TasManOfGod said:

When rocks take on evidence of having been interfered with by unnatural causes I think the emphasis goes from geology to archaeology.

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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.

Archie the Preacher said:

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.

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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.

Archie the Preacher said:

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.

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There is no full report of it. You can contribute some to the future full report. In this age of information, I believe you do not have to travel to do that.

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.

Archie the Preacher said:

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.

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You can THINK !

For example, was there a big city (man power) in the valley at the pre-historical (?) time ? How many people is needed to process (cut, polish, etc.) this big rock? How to turn this rock so they could work on the other side? What does it take to raise this rock to an upright position?

etc. etc.

No aliens. Fine. How about the ancient giants? Is it Biblical? May be we can estimate how big were they according to this rock.

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.

Assyrian said:

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.

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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.

juvenissun said:

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.

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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.

Assyrian said:

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.

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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.

According to some of the 'non mainstream' archaeologists, none of the stones used to build the pyramids - either Egyptian or Central American - various temples in India and several places in the Mid East, Stonehenge and so on could possibly be moved by ancient mankind. In fact, they cannot be moved by modern man either. In fact, they cannot be moved, worked, quarried or dressed. At all. Ever.

Therefore: All the aforementioned had to be accomplished by either alien technology or magic. Or perhaps 'giants' which may have been aliens or magical.

Or, the 'mainstream' explanations of many troops, levers and time really worked.

And yes, I can think. At least at times. Which is why I'm annoyed when I forget and take some posts seriously.

juvenissun said:

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.

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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.

TasManOfGod said:

When rocks take on evidence of having been interfered with by unnatural causes I think the emphasis goes from geology to archaeology.

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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.

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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.

They can also tell us things like what sort of stone and tools were used to work the surface of the rock, if they are able to find trace elements still there.

They can also tell us information about the geological history of the area around which the excavation is taking place, which adds important data to the overall picture.

Once a rock has been worked by human hands, that doesn't mean that's it - NO MORE GEOLOGISTS! All non-archaeologists must go!

Different types of scientists do actually collaborate as often as possible on things, because they each have specialized areas of expertise; and that means that they can each contribute different types of evidence to the overall picture of what's being solved.

Assyrian said:

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.

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Yes, of course, even running water can also smooth up any rock surface.