"The stone blocks that make up the Trilithon weigh more than 1,100 tons
each, and they do not lie on the ground itself, but are placed higher,
upon other immense, though smaller, stone blocks, cut to have a
slanting face, that weigh "only" 500 tons each. (By comparison, the
stone blocks in the Giza pyramid average only 2.5 tons.)

There is even now no man-made machine that can lift such weights. Yet
in antiquity someone-the "giants," according to local lore-not
only lifted and placed such colossal stone blocks, but also carried
them from their quarry located several miles away. This is an
indisputable fact, because the quarry has been located and in it one of
those colossal stone blocks, whose quarrying had not been completed,
still lies partly attached to the native rock. Its immensity is
illustrated by the many photographs we took there; its size exceeds
that of the Trilithon blocks."
(The Earth Chronicles Expeditions: Journeys to the Mythical Past
By Zecharia Sitchin :173-174)
Photos in:
http://mynym.blogspot.com/2005/07/accompishments-of-ape-manor-some.html

"The stone blocks that make up the Trilithon weigh more than 1,100 tons
each, and they do not lie on the ground itself, but are placed higher,
upon other immense, though smaller, stone blocks, cut to have a
slanting face, that weigh "only" 500 tons each. (By comparison, the
stone blocks in the Giza pyramid average only 2.5 tons.)

There is even now no man-made machine that can lift such weights.

Yet
in antiquity someone-the "giants," according to local lore-not
only lifted and placed such colossal stone blocks, but also carried
them from their quarry located several miles away. This is an
indisputable fact, because the quarry has been located and in it one of
those colossal stone blocks, whose quarrying had not been completed,
still lies partly attached to the native rock. Its immensity is
illustrated by the many photographs we took there; its size exceeds
that of the Trilithon blocks."
(The Earth Chronicles Expeditions: Journeys to the Mythical Past
By Zecharia Sitchin :173-174)
Photos in:
http://mynym.blogspot.com/2005/07/accompishments-of-ape-manor-some.html

"The stone blocks that make up the Trilithon weigh more than 1,100 tons
each, and they do not lie on the ground itself, but are placed higher,
upon other immense, though smaller, stone blocks, cut to have a
slanting face, that weigh "only" 500 tons each. (By comparison, the
stone blocks in the Giza pyramid average only 2.5 tons.)

There is even now no man-made machine that can lift such weights. Yet
in antiquity someone-the "giants," according to local lore-not
only lifted and placed such colossal stone blocks, but also carried
them from their quarry located several miles away. This is an
indisputable fact, because the quarry has been located and in it one of
those colossal stone blocks, whose quarrying had not been completed,
still lies partly attached to the native rock. Its immensity is
illustrated by the many photographs we took there; its size exceeds
that of the Trilithon blocks."
(The Earth Chronicles Expeditions: Journeys to the Mythical Past
By Zecharia Sitchin :173-174)

Sitchin is a charlatan. An ex-journalist turned fiction writer.

See the links on my site on Sitchin:
http://www.ramtops.co.uk/

and on this specific matter, it's time for this again:
From: "Bu Hao" <B...@Hao.com
Newsgroups: sci.archaeology, alt.archaeology
Date: 5 Mar 1999 07:58:09 GMT

Mystery of mysteries,
It's a wonder to relate-
The Mussolini monolith
Moved in nineteen twenty eight

'Twas a team of sixty oxen
That had moved the mighty weight
Just like Henry's massive statue
Set in place eighteen-o-eight

Then there was the Empress Catherine
With a stone twelve hundred tons
Dragged for miles on a sledge
But we've only just begun...

Tools were found at several sites
High-tech tools of stone and horn
Which cut out massive blocks of stone
'ere the first Pharaoh was born

The megaliths still bear the marks
Of these humble, fragile tools
Fifty thousand sites in Europe
Still marveled at by fools...

Better yet, they've found the rope
Under several stones that fell
The very ropes that dragged the stones
Have been dated pretty well

Obelisks were raised in France
In the sixteenth century
The details are on record
At the Pontiff's library

Those records are detailed enough-
So clear for all to see
That they were used as reference
Back in eighteen thirty three

When Luxor's obelisk was set
By France's Louis ten
Egyptians set it up at first
Louis set it up again

Megaliths of massive size
Have been found the world round
In Korea, China, Micronesia,
Many megaliths were found

The Greeks and Romans moved huge stones
As in Borneo and France
Belgium, England, and the Yucatan
And Eurasia's vast expanse

All saw megalithic work
Done with ropes and human sweat
Is the mystery any clearer now?
Or don't you get it yet?

The Bougon stone was dragged and set
By a team of willing men
On wooden rollers, wooden rails
And they'd do it all again

But that was nineteen seventy nine
In a dim and distant age
That technology must be long lost
Beyond the ken of any sage

Perhaps the stone of eighty-five
Could offer up some hints
To a person that would take them
To a person with some sense

Perhaps the extant records
Of the stones set in Japan
Would give a tiny little clue
To a reasonable man

First-hand accounts from Borneo
Dated nineteen fifty-nine
Might make some small impression
Even on a clueless mind

Madagascar's mighty stones
Are of very recent date
Europeans there took photos
And it pains me to relate

That all these facts are widely known
And they have been known for years
It's really not a secret, bud
Despite the tripe one hears

Are the castles throughout Europe
All a source of wonder too?
Check the sizes of the stones
And perhaps you'll get a clue...

Lots of men and lots of rope
Back in Neolithic times
Set up a stone, three hundred tons
But I'm wasting all my rhymes...

Buy a "mystery" in the grocery store
For a dollar ninety-eight
And by all means, enjoy it,
But don't give it any weight

Selling "mysteries" is too lucrative
For those jerks to tell the truth
Do a half an hour's research
And I think you'll find the proof
Kindly send your hate by e-mail
'Cause I'm finished with this thread
It's a waste of time to argue
With the hopelessly brain-dead...


\..\
/../
\..\
(o o)
\. ./
\
^


We PREFER to be called "Intellectually Challenged."

------------end quoted matter-----------

Doug

Doug Weller wrote: lrjpc19hn54c3p9noo65e640vhe34ha0s1@4ax.com,

Sitchin is a charlatan. An ex-journalist turned fiction writer.

See the links on my site on Sitchin:
http://www.ramtops.co.uk/

and on this specific matter, it's time for this again:
From: "Bu Hao" <B...@Hao.com
Newsgroups: sci.archaeology, alt.archaeology
Date: 5 Mar 1999 07:58:09 GMT

Mystery of mysteries,
It's a wonder to relate-
The Mussolini monolith
Moved in nineteen twenty eight

'Twas a team of sixty oxen
That had moved the mighty weight
Just like Henry's massive statue
Set in place eighteen-o-eight

Then there was the Empress Catherine
With a stone twelve hundred tons
Dragged for miles on a sledge
But we've only just begun...

Tools were found at several sites
High-tech tools of stone and horn
Which cut out massive blocks of stone
'ere the first Pharaoh was born

The megaliths still bear the marks
Of these humble, fragile tools
Fifty thousand sites in Europe
Still marveled at by fools...

Better yet, they've found the rope
Under several stones that fell
The very ropes that dragged the stones
Have been dated pretty well

Obelisks were raised in France
In the sixteenth century
The details are on record
At the Pontiff's library

Those records are detailed enough-
So clear for all to see
That they were used as reference
Back in eighteen thirty three

When Luxor's obelisk was set
By France's Louis ten
Egyptians set it up at first
Louis set it up again

Megaliths of massive size
Have been found the world round
In Korea, China, Micronesia,
Many megaliths were found

The Greeks and Romans moved huge stones
As in Borneo and France
Belgium, England, and the Yucatan
And Eurasia's vast expanse

All saw megalithic work
Done with ropes and human sweat
Is the mystery any clearer now?
Or don't you get it yet?

The Bougon stone was dragged and set
By a team of willing men
On wooden rollers, wooden rails
And they'd do it all again

But that was nineteen seventy nine
In a dim and distant age
That technology must be long lost
Beyond the ken of any sage

Perhaps the stone of eighty-five
Could offer up some hints
To a person that would take them
To a person with some sense

Perhaps the extant records
Of the stones set in Japan
Would give a tiny little clue
To a reasonable man

First-hand accounts from Borneo
Dated nineteen fifty-nine
Might make some small impression
Even on a clueless mind

Madagascar's mighty stones
Are of very recent date
Europeans there took photos
And it pains me to relate

That all these facts are widely known
And they have been known for years
It's really not a secret, bud
Despite the tripe one hears

Are the castles throughout Europe
All a source of wonder too?
Check the sizes of the stones
And perhaps you'll get a clue...

Lots of men and lots of rope
Back in Neolithic times
Set up a stone, three hundred tons
But I'm wasting all my rhymes...

Buy a "mystery" in the grocery store
For a dollar ninety-eight
And by all means, enjoy it,
But don't give it any weight

Selling "mysteries" is too lucrative
For those jerks to tell the truth
Do a half an hour's research
And I think you'll find the proof
Kindly send your hate by e-mail
'Cause I'm finished with this thread
It's a waste of time to argue
With the hopelessly brain-dead...


\..\
/../
\..\
(o o)
\. ./
\
^


We PREFER to be called "Intellectually Challenged."

------------end quoted matter-----------

Doug


Roaring applause.

On 6 Jul 2005 19:31:43 -0700, mynym2003@yahoo.com wrote:


"The stone blocks that make up the Trilithon weigh more than 1,100 tons
each, and they do not lie on the ground itself, but are placed higher,
upon other immense, though smaller, stone blocks, cut to have a
slanting face, that weigh "only" 500 tons each. (By comparison, the
stone blocks in the Giza pyramid average only 2.5 tons.)

There is even now no man-made machine that can lift such weights.


See http://www.ttfijnmechanica.nl/english/producten_heavy-lifting.html
for "The biggest mobile crane on land in the world. 2000 Ton heavy
lifting capacity". Barge mounted cranes can be much bigger.

Yet
in antiquity someone-the "giants," according to local lore-not
only lifted and placed such colossal stone blocks, but also carried
them from their quarry located several miles away. This is an
indisputable fact, because the quarry has been located and in it one of
those colossal stone blocks, whose quarrying had not been completed,
still lies partly attached to the native rock. Its immensity is
illustrated by the many photographs we took there; its size exceeds
that of the Trilithon blocks."
(The Earth Chronicles Expeditions: Journeys to the Mythical Past
By Zecharia Sitchin :173-174)
Photos in:
http://mynym.blogspot.com/2005/07/accompishments-of-ape-manor-some.html






Eric Stevens

Eric Stevens wrote:
On 6 Jul 2005 19:31:43 -0700, mynym2003@yahoo.com wrote:


"The stone blocks that make up the Trilithon weigh more than 1,100 tons
each, and they do not lie on the ground itself, but are placed higher,
upon other immense, though smaller, stone blocks, cut to have a
slanting face, that weigh "only" 500 tons each. (By comparison, the
stone blocks in the Giza pyramid average only 2.5 tons.)

There is even now no man-made machine that can lift such weights.


See http://www.ttfijnmechanica.nl/english/producten_heavy-lifting.html
for "The biggest mobile crane on land in the world. 2000 Ton heavy
lifting capacity". Barge mounted cranes can be much bigger.

This claim of Sitchin's is clearly taken from the dim, murky
pool of kookdom legends that everyone 'knows' to be true, because
they have read it so many places. But oddly, no one can
ever track down the original source.

As you point out, anyone with a couple of minutes to put into
even on-line research can smash this claim to smithereens.

It, however, will not die; and will re-appear as needed in
Sitchin's, and others', books for the foreseeable future.

Yet
in antiquity someone-the "giants," according to local lore-not
only lifted and placed such colossal stone blocks, but also carried
them from their quarry located several miles away. This is an
indisputable fact, because the quarry has been located and in it one of
those colossal stone blocks, whose quarrying had not been completed,
still lies partly attached to the native rock. Its immensity is
illustrated by the many photographs we took there; its size exceeds
that of the Trilithon blocks."
(The Earth Chronicles Expeditions: Journeys to the Mythical Past
By Zecharia Sitchin :173-174)
Photos in:
http://mynym.blogspot.com/2005/07/accompishments-of-ape-manor-some.html






Eric Stevens