Do these questions baffle the mind?

[Daniela1982]

Who could make precise right-angle cuts without modern engineering and tools? Well someone did. But how?

Located in Ollantaytambo, Peru, this stunningly carved stone pillar shatters our conventional notions of the Inca civilization's capabilities. Dating back to the 15th century, the exquisite precision of these cuts has ignited a firestorm of speculation regarding the potential use of advanced machinery. Could it be that the Incas wielded technology that surpasses our wildest dreams? The evidence is right before us, challenging us to reconsider what we thought we knew about ancient engineering. It's almost like someone had the technology to pour rock into a mold. But then I can imagine the precision of the mold and the engineering to pour molten rock into that mold. 😮

[AviatorTom]

You don't need modern tools to create a right angle. I did that as an exercise in high school geometry class, using nothing more than a pencil, a pin, and some string. Exact cutting of stone takes patience, chipping away a little at a time until the skilled stoneworker gets exactly what they want.

[Daniela1982]

And the bigger the piece, the longer it takes, and the more chance of them going off level or plumb.

[Massageman]

Did you do the eclipse exercise in class too? Geometry was my total favorite math class, Stats (required for my MBA) likely in second.

[Astarlessnightsky]

Its just a skilled stone mason with a hammer and chisel.

You also find such things old gothic churches all over Europe. re-state//background_color_rgba (0, 0, 0, 0), font_color_rgb (77, 77, 77), justifyLeft

[Daniela1982]

And they had better and more solid tools too. Back then all they had was maybe copper, which is a soft metal. Definitely not able to chisel granite or quartz.

[Likes2drive]

Very time consuming I’m sure

[TadCurious]

It's definitely baffling Daniela. Have scholars, with the technical assistance of engineers, come up with any possible explanations for how these people were able to create something like this?

Thanks for posting!

[Massageman]

Molten rock? As in magma from a volcano? Likely not.

[Daniela1982]

True, how were they going to collect and carry it? And then how were they going to pour it with their bare hands?

[Massageman]

The melting point of a typical granite has about 1200ºC. Absolutely pure (almost impossible in nature) quartz melts at 1713ºC. One could make a crucibles and carry pots of Platinum and that should work: platinum melts at 1769ºC, so there is a touch of wiggle room on that one. Of course 100% pure quartz is rather rare, so they might get by with a cheap titanium bucket up to 1670ºC. The big problem is making all those tungsten molds. Tungsten- think glowing light bulb element- melts at 3380ºC and is the champ!

[Daniela1982]

Something they didn't have back then.

[Massageman]

"Funny how that works, huh Rock," observes Bullwinkle.

[NathanDavis]

patience, they had it... and all the time in the world as well, and more than anything, actual culture

that's something we rarely know or hear about nowadays

[exitseven]

There was an advanced alien race that did this.