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INCONCEIVABLE
I live in the city of Saint-Petersburg, Russia, one the utmost west cities in modern Russia. Yet even in the western part of my country there are things that average person can’t even begin to explain. It takes an open mind to notice them, but once you do, trust in the history “as we know it” is forever lost. In this thread I’ll familiarize you with some of aforementioned things. And I invite each and every one of you to think through, research and try to make sense of them. For if plausible conclusions are to be made – that would bring one yet so closer to the truth, a goal of achieving which is the most worthy one indeed. I ask you to try and bear with me, and not underestimate the scale of professional effort that had been put in certain facts about things I’m going to try and explain in layman’s terms.
Riddle No.1. Alexander’s Column.
I won’t bore you with much on an official version about, only essentials (the rest you can read on your own – Wikipedia – the propaganda of official versions will help you with that).
First and foremost we are interested in the column (pillar) part of the monument. Single monolith piece of granite, 25.45 m (83 ft 6 in) long and about 3.5 m (11 ft 5 in) in diameter, about 600 tons (actual metric tons, not American tons, meaning that 1 ton = 2,204.6 pounds) of weight. The column has been put in a way that doesn’t require any additional supports.
Now let’s start with the inconceivable part.
Allegedly it was built somewhere between 1830 and 1834. Official document (made in French because allegedly architect was a Frenchman, you can find it yourselves) is riddled with many inconsistencies which as I see it were supposed to fool people at the time, but no longer work in modern society, with more advanced general understandings of engineering and architecture. So let’s analyze a little bit. It is said that column was cut from the mine, processed right there and then delivered by waterway.
So that should remind most knowledgeable of you about Baalbek. How exactly can someone in early 19th century cut out such a huge piece of solid rock (undoubtedly original megalith was much heavier than 600 tons) without ever damaging it in a way that would compromise eventual perfect look. More room for maneuver can only be achieved by increasing the size of the megalith thus increasing the time it would take to process it. But let’s pretend that this picture is just an artist being overly imaginative:
Doesn’t it bother you that from engineering point of view no wedge made of wood could do what these logs on the right are seem to be doing? Not to mention it's smoothness...
But let’s pretend that this is how things were and people managed to manually excavate that kind of rock. Next question is – how they made it into a column. More importantly – how in the world they did this:
This picture doesn’t even convey how perfectly smooth and ideally shaped the granite is. With the instrument of 19th century this simply cannot be done. It is incredibly difficult even with modern technological progress (in fact - no one even tried to make something like that because it’s incredibly expensive as well). That kind of polishing requires some kind of machine-tool at the very least.
Now for some reason general opinion likes to use Columna Traiana as prototype for Alexander’s Column:
This column is about 40 tons in weight. That is because it’s made out of marble. Also – it’s not perfectly polished – it has reliefs carved in it. Now, make a side note about weight and measurements (official propaganda source can help you with that) to think about transportation. But right now I want you to consider something. Marble is a metamorphic rock type, which means basically any kind of rock that was per say calcified or had anything else done to it by nature, except initially forming it. Interesting fact is that actual marble carvers usually refer to limestone as marble. Limestone is a sedimentary rock type. Why am I taking time to say all that? Well, according to the hardness scale (where 10 is diamond) marble rates at 4 at most, while limestone – at 3. Granite, on the other hand, varies from 6 to 7. Granite also is an igneous intrusive rock type. What does that mean? Igneous means that it was formed out of magma. Intrusive means that is was formed under the surface where magma found some crevice and solidified in it. Now sedimentary is by its very nature a far easier type of rock to process, not to mention difference in hardness scale I mentioned just then. You can probably see where I’m going with this. Anyway – I don’t pretend to suggest to know how exactly Columna Traiana came into being or to trust official version, I’m just putting in comparison in detail to show an inconsistency.
But let’s pretend that this polishing we were talking about was done by hand without a single flaw. Next question is – transportation. Without even thinking through about how you could load/unload and by which means you can transport 600 tons worth of solid granite we immediately notice the smell of fudge when looking at this:
Do I really need to comment on THAT? You don’t have to be an expert in physics to see the problem here. But let’s say we had some actual magic back then and levitated this thing up. Fun continues near the monument site:
Who could have known that this kind of column can safely be rolled? I mean – makes sense. There is no chance that something goes wrong at an angle like that. Right…?
Next question is – placement. How do you place the 600000 kilograms upwards exactly? In early 19th century mind you. Apparently – that’s how:
According to the records it took 2000 soldiers and 400 workers to perform this magic trick. Picture suggests that the whole thing was lifted up in the air first and then placed. Not any other way. Now divide 600 tons by 2400 people involved. Yeah. Even if there were let’s say 12000 people involved – what kind of rope would they require? And bear in mind that the whole fun took 105 minutes. True strongmen they were. In the records there is also a part where around 40-60 people hold the entire thing in suspension. I mean – wow.
There are enough pictures and data regarding this, but can’t you already see the sheer ridiculousness of all this? You can look up the pedestal stone for the column, also a very intriguing megalith.
Now what can we derive from just this little bit of data I provided? What conclusions can we draw?
1. Records of construction of the monument are a complete (or for the most part) a forgery, having nothing to do with the actual construction.
2. Technology and instrumental base in the early 19th century was far more advanced than we are led to believe. Maybe even more advanced in some ways than today. Or was it?
3. Column as the leading part of the monument was a part of some other monument, built some time before 19th century and later made to look like something it wasn’t supposed to be. There is some evidence pointing specifically in this direction. Or was it?
And that is just to start. Now that I’ve given you a little tease, I’m eager to hear what can your own research and mind prowess conjure to try and solve this riddle.