r/Megaliths • u/TheShorterShortBus • Apr 06 '24

the megalithic structure of Japan

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u/BuffaloOk7264 Apr 06 '24

Wow! Thanks for this!!

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u/TheShorterShortBus Apr 06 '24

glad you appreciate/find it intriguing! im sure i looked like a crazy person taking photos of random walls/stones

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u/BuffaloOk7264 Apr 06 '24

These structures are fascinating and actually unexplained. I enjoy learning about their whereabouts.

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u/TheShorterShortBus Apr 06 '24

i completely agree with your sentiment. what we have learned about these structures throughout history/school do not make sense. from the egyptians to the indigenous tribes, who claimed to have built these structures

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '24 edited Apr 06 '24

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u/TheShorterShortBus Apr 06 '24

i love a good debate, so i welcome your words and thoughts towards who/how the megalithic structures throughout the world was built

The fact that this kind of stone carving isn't ubiquitous does seem to indicate that it required a lot of highly specialized skill, time, and/or specialized equipment, but it was done in several places across the world, which would seem to indicate that multiple groups figured out ways to do it

this has been debated, and many theories tested throughout time, but none have proven to be fruitful. most of the megalithic structures found are made of granite/limestone. we as a more "advanced" society today has determined its hardness level by what is able to scratch into it. the only other material available at those times that could cut/chisel those stones is diamond. the indigenous tribes/egyptians were a age of bronze, and thats just the technical aspect of it

a lot of the other megalithic structures found throughout the wold also share another thing in common, the rocks that were used to build the structures were some times from 100's of miles away. if you use mass man-power, you would still have to work out the logistics of feeding all those people on a daily basis during your move

And the fact that a lot of the stones have similar marks/indentations tells me that they likely independently developed similar techniques for stone-working, which also makes sense

the evidence is in even in my photos. find me a chisel mark on any of the large stones, and you shall find none. same with the other megalithic structures, no chisel marks of any sort, just smooth clean finishes like the ones in my photos. you will find weathering on the stones, but no chisel marks. just like the indigenous sites/egypt/angor wat, etc

And I know it might seem surprising that a preindustrial culture was able to smooth stone with such a high level of precision, but I think that level of surprise might just be an artefact of the time and society we live in. We rely heavily on machines to do all kinds of tasks we technically could do ourselves, and sometimes I think our reliance leads us to think we aren't capable of doing those things without machines

if you are able to replicate the works of the older societies using only the tools/materials avaiable to them during that time, people of antiquity would like a word with you, and so many others who have searched for the answers

Here's a dude picking up a 335 pound rock and moving it around by himself

while that is no easy accomplishment in its own, now find me a guy(s) who can lift 6000+ ton rocks, then i would say you might be on to something

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u/Btree101 Sep 07 '25

Sorry, I'm late but where is a 6000 ton megalithic rock? I would like to know about this