Stonehenge was 'dragged into position using
Lard': Massive stones of the 5,000-year-
old Wiltshire monument may have been
slipped into place using 'greased sledges'*
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Joe Pinkstone
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
7/15/2019 9:05:06 AM
Stonehenge's enormous monoliths may have been dragged into place using 'greased sledges' aided with the lubrication of pig fat. The lard-based method for the construction of the iconic Wiltshire monument is a theory suggested by archaeologists at Newcastle University. Pig fat residues were found on pottery shards at Durrington Walls, near Stonehenge, which have long been associated with feeding the hundreds of people who helped build the landmark New analysis has found that the evidence of lard may actually stem from bucket-sized dishes which may have been used for the collection and storage of tallow – a form of animal fat.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Safari Man 7/15/2019 9:30:11 AM (No. 124020)
What!?! That's not vegan! At least it's low in gluten.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DVC 7/15/2019 9:32:57 AM (No. 124028)
Maybe, maybe not. Theory, number 423 on 'how Stonehenge was built'.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 7/15/2019 9:36:20 AM (No. 124038)
The late Hollywood director Cecil B. De Mille was known for his fastidious historical research before he even shot a foot of film for a movie. One of the big scenes in the Ten Commandments involved the old women who greased the skids that were moving the large stones. When Moses rescued the old woman, he was rescuing his mom. If De Mille said they used grease to move the stones, that is what happened. At least he respected history enough to try and be accurate, unlike some of the modern, especially black liberal, directors who are proud of distorting history.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
msts 7/15/2019 9:55:50 AM (No. 124062)
#4 Butter. They used butter and that was the lament. No butter for the skids. No straw for the bricks
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Nevadadad46 7/15/2019 10:12:37 AM (No. 124078)
Well, of course, that is one way they "could" have done it. But, when you look at the most logical terrain they had to drag the stones through from where they were quarried, lard was simply not going to be enough. These old guys had some brains. They knew how to apply human and animal muscle power to moving heavy objects. Their engineering of skids, bridges, lifting devices, jacks, and road construction was every bit as sophisticated as our thinking is today. It is just they had to use wholly different technology. Their "D-9 Bulldozer" was merely 500 human beings all working in the same direction. That means they had incredible organizational skills. Were they moved by slaves? Were they moved my people all devoted to the task? Does it matter? Those people still had to be housed, clothed, fed, and protected. Whatever it was that motivated them to do this massive task of building the Stonehenge facility, for whatever reason, it is truly a testament to the human novelty of imagination, devotion, and intelligence.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Urgent Fury 7/15/2019 10:13:41 AM (No. 124080)
This is ridiculous. Why would aliens, with their advanced technology, need lard?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
JackBurton 7/15/2019 10:17:17 AM (No. 124087)
Ridiculous. They had WD 40.
Supplied by aliens.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Clinger 7/15/2019 10:31:09 AM (No. 124113)
Ah common, they floated the big rocks there on pontoons during the flood. Hail Atlantis.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 7/15/2019 10:37:50 AM (No. 124126)
That's alot of lard.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Kate318 7/15/2019 11:05:58 AM (No. 124167)
Exactly, #3.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 7/15/2019 11:15:02 AM (No. 124177)
Lard? Pig fat? I'm going to go with old fashioned elbow grease.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
padiva 7/15/2019 11:45:43 AM (No. 124212)
#8 and duct tape lol
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 7/15/2019 11:51:09 AM (No. 124224)
My guess, it was done during the winter months, when there would be enough snow, to create ice, and you'd have the slick surface to move them.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
jj1319 7/15/2019 12:07:18 PM (No. 124245)
... and then they made fabulous flour tortillas to celebrate.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
snakeoil 7/15/2019 12:59:44 PM (No. 124293)
It was probably bacon. Question is where did they get the microwave?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
retiree 7/15/2019 1:00:39 PM (No. 124294)
May have been. Could have been, might have been. Let's make worldwide headlines with headlines like these. When you have scientific proof, let us know. We get enough of these maybes everyday in the headlines.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
HotRod 7/15/2019 1:31:23 PM (No. 124311)
140 miles would require a whole lotta lard! I suspect the remnants they found were from frying chicken! Lard was a food, so I seriously doubt they would have wasted it on a 140 mile trip, every time they wanted to import another stone. How many stones? How many trips?
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
droopydog 7/15/2019 2:32:51 PM (No. 124402)
Indeed #10. My first thought was "no way"
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 7/15/2019 4:06:52 PM (No. 124496)
"And in those days there were giants in the land. Men of renown"... Genesis explains these very well. It just doesn't fit a billion year old Universe or Earth! Earth is around 6,000 years. Between the Giants (Angels breeding with Human Woman) and the flood God sent to wipe them out, it changes one's perspective.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 7/16/2019 2:03:34 AM (No. 124933)
"Bacon, is there anything it can't do?"
Homer Simpson
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*lubricated with pig fat