Andrew Hall: Megalithic Chemistry | Thunderbolts

The mystery of ancient megaliths stirs wonder in the curious mind. They are artifacts from our deepest past, yet endured millennia with more grace and stamina than anything built since. Controversy over their age—who, how and why they were built—has raged for as long as they have stood. It reasons the ancients would focus resources on practical structures that paid dividends in higher productivity rather than pure ceremony, because that is WHAT WE DO. Modern civilization invests the vast majority of our resources to build plants, mines, factories, dams, roads, sewage and clean water systems—and a small amount on cemeteries, churches and monuments. The reason is obvious—it is necessary. Why wouldn’t the same be true in ancient times? Author and engineer Andrew Hall explains how our ancient ancestors built with stone and utilized Earth’s energy beneath a Moon that appeared every other day, bringing with it plasma storms, earthquakes and swelling seas. Geoffrey Drumm