How Was Stonehenge Built? Q: I just pictured people building Stonehenge; people who really needed a store, not necessarily just torture. RK: In the first place, all they took was muscle-power to do all the things they wanted to do. The method of building that has been reconstructed a number of times by people using various theories of how it was done. The [inaudible] and concepts must have taken an incredible amount of muscle power: oxen and mule working together to accomplish the things that they did. They used much the same techniques as standing up the stone that the Egyptians did. They just laid it down alongside of a hole that they already dug and, at the balance point, and just pried it up and it would just slip right down into the hole and stand up straight. Of course, standing them up was not difficult. The big trick was how in the world did they get the arch-stones on top of the columns. Apparently, there was fairly simple technique in the past of building up a wooden framework and gradually lifting it a little tiny bit each time and slipping more wood underneath until finally they got it up to the level they wanted it to be. Apparently, they had a good deal more time than money in those days. (05-1992)
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