Another Terrible Archaeology Conspiracy Theory

[matthun]

If the Free Masons are this powerful, imagine how powerful the Reasonably Priced Masons must be, let alone the Expensive Masons.

[claypigeon]

If they didn't have double standards, they would have no standards.

[leeprice]

Imagine being confused by the idea of 'shaping stones to fit together'

[yellowpie]

“Dude its so crazy how every stone wall we’ve found from 2, 000 years ago is sturdy enough to last thousands of years”

[notsae]

If it looks stupid, but it works, then it isn't stupid. Stacking rocks is absolutely something several completely disconnected groups could come up with with no communication, multiple cultures skipped rocks as well. We aren't AI, we don't need existing ideas fed into us to replicate, humans are fully capable of coming up with ideas all on their own.

[KodaDogwood]

They're wrong about way more than you know-
That picture that claims to be Machu Picchu is actually from Cusco, Peru. It is a stone on what is now the Archbishop's Palace and it is around the corner from the famous twelve-angled stone.
That picture of "Sacsayhuaman" is actually from the Coricancha, less than a mile from the Archbishop's palace and built by the same people around the same time. So yeah... there's a reason why those two would look similar. The reason they're not exactly the same style is that one is an exterior face of an Incan palace and one is an interior face of an Incan religious building, so they employed different languages of the same technique.

[mrfancyshmancy]

Man i just go total googledebunkers when people are amazed that ancient civilization discovered the art of STACKING STONES

[GravitasZero]

Every toddler sitting in a garden stacking rocks must be an alien then

[z-beeblebrox]

These people are so fascinating to me. They have the curiosity to go out of their way to find obscure similarities, but have zero curiosity for researching what we already know about those things.

[shaeisgae]

You'd think a space faring, globe spanning civilization would have a cooler building method than just stacking rocks

[chibigirl]

Amazingly, lions in Africa and lions in Asia both have the diet of an obligate carnivore despite not communicating.

[misterkeys]

Gotta love the "NO ONE KNOWS WHERE THEY GOT ALL THE STONE FROM" when there's a quarry of approximately the same age within shouting distance from the site.

[evainsutton-keft]

That article screams, "Let me just say big words so people think I'm smart and therefore must know what I'm talking about."

[courtz]

I'm now just imagining these people trying to convince everyone that bats are birds, because both have wings.

[AussieElricFangirl]

I have no clue why "Aliens" or "Secret Society" makes some people happier than "Our ancestors were really smart. They needed to build something but there were all these issues, but in the end they figured out a process which has lasted 100s/1000s of years. And it's not just one group that did it, this other/these others did it too, and we know they also thought it up because they were so isolated from each other. If only we had the same approach to our modern issues maybe we'd already have solved them!"

[caninelupus]

Do these people have so little faith in humanity that they genuinely believe we weren't able to *stack rocks* until something else showed us? Have they no faith in their ancestors?!

[tingedfaune]

My favorite part of the Great Wall of china is that the “mortar” they used was pretty much just rice. And it still stands to this day

[hmnhntr]

The whole "they didn't have the technology to do this" while literally looking at the supposedly impossible object routine never ceases to amaze.
Perfect example of making your conclusions before reviewing the evidence. The evidence we have is that these structures exist. The logical conclusion is that they had the necessary technology and understanding to make these structures.
What is the basis for the claim that they didn't have the necessary tools? From what I can tell, it's just the belief that ancient people didn't have technology and weren't smart like we are now. At best "well, we haven't found the necessary tools in those ruins". Like, okay. Do you go to a skyscraper and expect to find all of our construction equipment just laying around the area?

[Astertious-]

"Do y'all wanna hear something stupid?" That's why we come here lol

[RiveroftheWither]

Egypt literally have ancient depictions of how they transported and lifted the stones using simple machines. And for those that forgot what the "simple machines are that should have been taught in grade school, its literally pulleys, wedges, ramps, etc.