tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10940784.post112951631372837843..comments2023-10-20T09:01:17.244-04:00Comments on Mudslinger's Musings: Ancient MasonryCraig Loweryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11346191066016028493noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10940784.post-24117298891272569242010-01-11T11:23:59.358-05:002010-01-11T11:23:59.358-05:00Saturn rockets moved unfueled? 90%of weight is fue...Saturn rockets moved unfueled? 90%of weight is fuel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10940784.post-48506369302577145942008-03-13T16:27:00.000-04:002008-03-13T16:27:00.000-04:00The oil drilling platform was floated into place, ...The oil drilling platform was floated into place, so doesn't really offer a valid comparison to a dead lift of a 1200 ton stone monolith on dry land.Craig Loweryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11346191066016028493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10940784.post-30017977680727975922008-03-13T11:20:00.000-04:002008-03-13T11:20:00.000-04:00The monolit in Baalbek quarry weights about 1,200 ...The monolit in Baalbek quarry weights about 1,200 tones, but it could not be moved from its place.<BR/><BR/>A Saturn 5 rocket weights 3,000 tonnes, and it actually can fly, much more than the height of those blocks.<BR/><BR/> The vehicule that moves the saturn V, weights 2,500 tonnes. So in total the vehicle moves almost the equivalent of four times the weight of those blocks.<BR/><BR/>In liverpool there is a crane that can lift 20,000 tonnes... <BR/><BR/>And finnaly the Biggest object moved by man it the Stafjord Platform in the north sea. It was built near land and moved to its palce. it weights 900,000 tones.<BR/><BR/>ANyway.. the temples (and the stone blocks) in Heliopolis (Baalbek is the modern name) are impressive by any standard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10940784.post-1129516608369475442005-10-16T22:36:00.000-04:002005-10-16T22:36:00.000-04:00Baalbek is on my top 10 places to see before i die...Baalbek is on my top 10 places to see before i die.Punk Penguinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08693167991421937083noreply@blogger.com