Stephen Vanderhart

Stephen Vanderhart (Co-Owner, Stone Valley Materials)

FEATURED IN:

3.6 – Aliens & Ancient Engineers (9.1.11)

5.3 – Alien Power Plants (1.4.13)

In Aliens & Ancient Engineers, Ollantaytambo… …But how could the earliest humans on earth have produced such astonishing stonework with massive interlocking blocks precisely fitted together? Or have constructed aqueducts and irrigation systems that still function today? Or have moved and set colossal stones of granite, each weighing more than 50 tons? “In modern day, if we were gonna move a 50 ton bolder we would have to assemble a special transportation unit, consisting of steel girders, several axles, hydraulic jacks. Moving it up the hill, we’d probably have to change the face of the hill – build a road, maybe anchor it, using some kind of cable-and-pulley system – several different options, none of which would be available to the people who lived way back then.” – Stephen Vanderhart (Co-Owner, Stone Valley Materials) [1]

^[1] Prometheus Entertainment. (2011). Ancient Aliens: 3.6 – Aliens & Ancient Engineers. [DVD Footage: Ollantaytambo]. Los Angeles, CA: A&E Networks, LLC / History™.