mysteries of ancient structures around the world

[cityboi]

There seems to be similarities between the Pyramids of Teotihuacan in Mexico and the Great Pyramids in Egypt.

The base of the Sun Pyramid at Teotihuacan is exactly the same size as base of the Great Pyramid in Egypt. The Sun Pyramid is also exactly half the height of the Great Pyramid. Whats even more interesting is that the pyramids at both location are aligned the same way. They both match the layout of the three stars of Orion as they appeared in the sky at 10,500 b.c. What was so special about Orion to humans thousands of years ago? Also what was so special about the date 10,500 b.c. which seems to be an important date all over the world?

what was the true purpose for these pyramids? The Great Pyramid was never used as a tomb.

Another great mystery. Here is a church in Ethiopia that was literally carved out of a stone block. How was this carved with primitive tools?

There are unexplainable structures in Lebanon.

The structures at the Trilithon in Baalbek consists of three very large stone blocks, weighing in around 800 - 1000 tons each! These three giant rocks are known to be the largest “building” blocks ever used by human kind. How were 1000 ton stones lifted in those times? btw the site was constructed 9,000 years ago! Consider that no modern technology can lift a 1,000 ton stone today.

The ruins of Puma Punku are just as baffling. These blocks are over 100 tons and have carved groves so perfectly straight that only a laser is capable of carving them that way. The only material that could cut that kind of stone during that time was diamond but there is no explanation as to how it was done. Using a "hand tool" with a diamond tip would not produce perfectly cut groves.

[Allison Slater]

Relatedly, an interesting thing about the sphinx I was reminded of:

http://newdawnmagazine.com.au/Article/What_was_the_Sphinx.html

A theory which attempts to describe why the head on the sphinx is so odd and tiny.

[cityboi]

There is evidence that the Sphinx is much older than believed. Water weathering on the Sphinx indicates that it was there around 10,500 bc, the last time Giza saw significant rain fall. It looks like The Egyptians came later and re-carved the head.

[Allison Slater]

IIRC (been several months since I read the article) this explains that weathering. For one, much of the rock already existed as a rock which ended up being used as a focal point for the complex. Second, it sat in a pool of water connected to the Nile and as it flooded seasonally, the base would become submerged and subject to weathering from flowing river water.

[cityboi]

Machu Picchu is a real mystery. It was basically a city of stone built on a mountain. There is no explanation as to how it was built. First of all the stone used to build the city was quarried hundreds of miles a way and they weighed an excess of 50 tons. Then there is the issue of lifting 50 ton stones up a mountain well over 1,000 feet high. The way the stones were put together also defies logic. They were cut with laser precision and it appears as though the stones were "fused" together with some high heat sources. Ancient legend says this place with built with the help of a tool from gods from the sky. It really makes you wonder about extraterrestrial visitors helping humans to build this place because there is no other logic alternative.

here is 10 minutes of a documentary about massive stone structures around the world

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ82YPBA43o