The idea of a global ancient civilization capable of building massive stone monuments has captured the attention of many researchers and history enthusiasts. Neolithic monuments, from Stonehenge in England to the pyramids at Giza, may be evidence of an ancient civilization that existed before the known civilizations of Mesopotamia or Egypt.
1. **Quarrying and Construction Skills**
The builders of these monuments were capable of handling massive stone blocks with incredible skill and technology. At Stonehenge, some of the stones weighing up to 25 tons were transported hundreds of kilometers from the Preseli Mountains in Wales to Salisbury Plain. The stones were precisely placed to form a complex and carefully calculated layout, suggesting a deep knowledge of astronomy and time cycles. In particular, monuments such as the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, with its hundreds of tons of stone blocks arranged so precisely that it is almost impossible to fit a knife blade between the gaps.
2. **Precise astronomical calculations**
Neolithic structures such as Stonehenge or the Bighorn Medicine Wheel in Wyoming were not only unique structures but also sophisticated astronomical tools. Stonehenge, for example, could predict the summer and winter solstices, and some scholars believe it was used to track solar and lunar cycles for agricultural and religious purposes. The Bighorn Medicine Wheel, with its circular structure and outward-facing stone beams, also allowed the location of constellations and the position of the sun at specific times of the year to be determined.
3. **The Global Nature of Ancient Monuments**
One surprising point is that these ancient monuments are similar not only in construction but also in design and purpose, suggesting that there may have been a global civilization or civilizations that were in contact with each other. For example, the massive stone walls at Baalbek, Lebanon, built from the largest stones in the world, like those at Aswan, Egypt, have the same construction techniques as the Incas in South America used to join the stones at Machu Picchu. This raises the question of whether a technologically superior civilization shared its knowledge across continents.
4. **The Existence of Monuments in Siberia and North America**
In Siberia, an area called Shoria (or Shoria Mounds) has stones weighing over 3,000 tons that were joined together without the use of adhesives. This area, like Wyoming’s Bighorn Medicine Wheel, is believed to have been built by an advanced civilization. The massive stones here are stacked with great precision, suggesting that this is a man-made structure, not the result of natural processes.
5. **Prehistoric civilization hypothesis with advanced technology**
Researchers supporting this hypothesis argue that, in ancient times, a civilization reached a level of technology that was far beyond our current understanding of that period. This civilization may have invented methods of cutting, transporting, and placing stones that we cannot explain today. This civilization may then have disappeared or been destroyed by natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, or even meteorite impacts.
6. **Refutation by Traditional Scholars**
Most traditional scientists and archaeologists reject the hypothesis of an ancient global civilization, arguing that these structures may have been the result of natural phenomena or built by indigenous civilizations without any contact with each other. However, the complexity of the design and precision of these structures raises doubts about whether the people of that time, with their primitive tools, could have built them all by themselves.
The study of these monuments not only opens up a new perspective on human history, but also challenges us to rethink what we know about ancient technology and the ability of humans to build monumental structures thousands of years ago.
