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The builders of Stonehenge, UK, used ball bearings to build this megalithic giant, according to the Daily Mail. This same technology is now being used to move massive objects over relatively short distances
It is assumed that the massive stones used to build Stonehenge were placed on a wooden platform, which, in turn, lay on top of a kind of wooden rails. In the groove of the rails, small balls were lying, which rolled under the platform, thereby facilitating the movement of the platform along the rails. This design could explain how stones weighing several tons were transported from the quarry to the construction site. The distance in question was 150 miles, or 241 km.
Ball bearing theorists point out that it explains the function of the mysterious stone balls found in the Stonehenge-like massif in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. All these stones are of the same size, differing from each other in diameter only by a millimeter. Skeptics point out that the tracks along which the heavy stones were moved could not but leave traces on the landscape, and no such traces were found.
As "Around the World" said, not far from Stonehenge, traces of a settlement were found, in which, most likely, the builders of this cult complex lived. With the help of geophysical sounding and study of soil samples, it was established that the cemetery and the barrage of the settlement were erected in parts - possibly by different groups of workers.
Archaeologists also found the tools of these teams - animal horns, which were used as hoes. Fifty-seven of these homemade hoes were found, suggesting the same number as construction crews. According to archaeologists, each construction team included approximately 200 people. The barrier shaft consisted of 22 sections under construction at the same time, which means that at least a thousand people were involved in its construction.
It was found that people lived in the builders' settlement temporarily, constantly replacing each other. They did not do any seasonal work, did not raise corn, did not raise livestock. Food was specially supplied to the settlement near Stonehenge, and it was supplied in abundance: animal bones were found, not separated from each other. This suggests that the still uneaten pieces were thrown into the trash - after all, a hungry person will leave carefully gnawed, separated from one another bones.
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A careful study of the settlement showed that the houses differ from each other. This is the first known evidence that there was a social hierarchy in society during Stonehenge and its members differed in status.