We have been lied to about the capabilities and technique of our ancestors.

by dahdestroyer
Firstly is the anomaly of the polygonal masonry. True polygonal masonry is both functional and beautiful. Such as the works in Peru where the giant blocks are laid in patterns reflecting the likeness of various animal. That is one way to recognize true megalithic prowess from the cargo cult.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygonal_masonry
The historians have tried to paint a picture of northeast Asia as rustic and wooden. When that couldn’t be furthest thing from the truth. We see huge megalithic ruins far north . Very fine brick work often times 2 meters thick. And the surviving temples often have cast iron floors that never rust.

m.imgur.com/a/4s1YV
Globally we have this phenomenon of out of place skill and material. Sometimes we read about Siberian hard wood used to make elaborate carpentry work by anonymous builder such is the case with the Loretto staircase .
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretto_Chapel
In Russia they have one of a kind massive granite bath tub.
i.imgur.com/qtdxTvF.jpg
Were told was hewed from a giant block with iron hand tools.
Same with this window frame made from a single piece of ultra hard diabase stone
m.imgur.com/a/BNlbo
Same with this sculpture also in russia
i.imgur.com/I90lTVx.jpg
i.imgur.com/h5Hbp2P.jpg
i.imgur.com/tg35A5t.jpg
m.imgur.com/a/3sL37
m.imgur.com/a/eyBzi
Here is another in Italy
i.imgur.com/6UlgUf5.jpg
We do have a possible answer. This is simply very very fine artificial stone which is something we make today.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=CU6UZp46dLg
m.youtube.com/watch?v=23wKgKSpgdE&t=1s&feature=youtu.be
That’s why we see steel beams in antiquities
m.imgur.com/a/sZgcG
Something made us forget things were made how they were .
That something might be why we see starforts all across the world obliterated reduced to their basic earthen shape.
m.imgur.com/a/bDljk
www.starforts.com/world.html
And why this castle in dagestan is full of dirt
m.imgur.com/a/p8Mu8#0cKkr4O