[OT] [I mean totally OT] Re: What can you "new"

[Ellery Newcomer]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Ellery Newcomer wrote:
>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>> I remember one of those idiot "In Search Of..." type shows in the 
>>> 70's saying that the fit of stones in South America was so tight you 
>>> couldn't  put a knife blade between them. Therefore, the stone walls 
>>> must have been made by aliens.
>>>
>>> Never mind why would aliens with such advanced tech would build a 
>>> crooked lumpy stone wall like that anyway.
>>>
>>> But a few years later, some archeologist demonstrated how to make 
>>> such a fit by banging a couple stones together. Took him 30 minutes 
>>> per surface. No aliens or even tools were required.
>>
>> I've not heard about that, any good links on the subject?
> 
> Sorry, saw it on TV long ago.
> 
> 
>> Some of the rocks at Sacsayhuaman were pretty dang huge, though.
> 
> The same principle should work.

Probably. But I bet they squished quite a few peasants transporting 
them. Off the top of my head, it seems the largest of the stones was 
said to weigh around 20 000 tons.