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Yangshan Quarry, Piezoelectric Stone & Lost Tech with Andrew Finck — Part 3 of 7 | Classics Rotation

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Andrew Finck takes the host through the Yangshan quarry in China, where he says giant carved monoliths carry what may be the biggest nubs in the world. They ask how blocks that size could ever have been moved and why so much ancient work looks unfinished or done in a hurry. Andrew questions what kind of cranes or rigging could have lifted the stone and doubts the explanation that the work was…