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Sunday, September 2, 2018

Pregnant Woman

In Baalbek  Lebanon  the ancient ruins of the site are of concern to ancient mysteries buffs , like me .
The reason being that a few of the retaining blokes are some of the largest blokes ever found , estimated at a 1000 tons .
The argument is , did the Romans do the work or was it done earlier and the Romans build over it ?

Pregnant Woman .




Picture in your mind that the large block known as the Pregnant Woman is a regular house brick of today .
Now picture your hand picking up this brick , vision it .
Your fingers would be spread out and your hand would be a large spreader , or the point that evenly distributes the weight of this large brick .
The human anatomy is a wonderful thing and could put a brick any way its desired .
But it's not that easy with the monolith .
The main lift on the brick would be the spread fingers , without this spread it would strain the muscles in your hand and wrist .
The Romans obviously had cranes to lift blocks at least as high as the temple roofs .
Now visualize a few fortified cranes around the monolith , let's say three , one at either end , and one in the middle .
The cranes though are not just hooked up to the monolith , they are supporting a length of a metal beam , this beam has many 90 degree slings of rope or other bindings .




Even if you raise the block an inch on one end you've done the incredible .
And the weight of the monolith not as big of a problem , if you will notice the loose sandy base around it .
By inching your way up the loose earth , you could reach the wall by days , and a few slaves can now push it , instead of 800 oxen .
Probably install it , by levering slowly in  short time ?



Gianfranco Fronzi .
september / 2 / 2018



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