Why Did the Pre-Flood Civilization Build Megalithic?

Possible stone quarry now under water

There are structures around the world with megalithic masonry that have puzzled us for centuries. I'm specifically referring to the ones with giant stones that fit together without mortar so precisely that you can't slip anything between the blocks.

They have been attributed to the cultures in the regions where they are found, like the Egyptians or Incans. But mounting evidence is showing that they were built by a culture pre-dating them all.

The current trend is to believe that some super race had vanished 10,000 years ago, maybe wiped out by a comet.

Sacsahuayman, Cuzco, Peru

However, there is a much simpler explanation. These are the remnants of the buildings that survived the devastating global flood. The pre-flood civilization was destroyed, but some of their structures partially survived. (Read: Atlantis Was the Antediluvian Civilization.)

They had reached a level of proficiency in stonework unmatched today.  But the question is, "Why did they build that way?" It seems like such a difficult way to build.

The answer? They lived in a much more seismically volatile world than we do now. The earth increasingly becomes more violent in the centuries leading up to a cataclysmic continental shift. The Most Recent Cataclysm WAS Noah's Flood After All, so they learned that building with mortar was a waste of time. Those buildings tumbled to the ground, sometimes before they were finished.

Cuzco, Peru

So they learned to use gigantic stones, fitting them together with precision - like a jigsaw puzzle. And the more irregular shapes they used, the more they held together during the frequent earthquakes. They carved their stairways out of solid rock as well. This can be seen in Little Qenco, Peru where it is clear that the original structure has been destroyed by immense natural forces.

The mysterious "upside down stairs" near Sacsayhuamán, Peru also demonstrates that the ancient inhabitants' stairway that was carved in solid rock has been tossed aside like a child's toy.

Stairs carved in solid rock flipped upside down during the last cataclysm.

It is evident that these ancient inhabitants didn't just build large megalithic standalone buildings, but also built entire neighborhoods out of meticulously carved, gigantic rocks all carefully crafted together: buildings, stairs, footpaths and open areas.

They used the biggest and most irregularly shaped stones for the foundations of their most important buildings. The buildings on top have long since fallen down and their stones lost or re-used as building material by post-flood people, who sometimes built their cities right on top of those ruins.

Intact facing stones on Menkaure’s Pyramid in Giza

The Incas themselves, as chronicled by the Spaniards, never claimed the finest stonework to be theirs. The confirmed Incan stonework has gaps between the stones and obvious tool markings. They basically look like piles of rocks compared to the megalithic masonry.

The three best theories I've seen so far as to how the antediluvians were able to build this way are:

Round protrusions on finished stonework in Peru

THEORY ONE: They used heat to soften the stone. The joining edges of the stones where softened and molded to each other in the final stage rather than shaped with cutting tools. The evidence includes that the edges, where the stones meet, have a sheen that imply vitrification.

Also, the stone in the quarries have microfossils in them where the set stones do not, meaning the heat may have reduced them to fine crystalline structures. This is something that should be able to be duplicated with today's technology, so we should be able to test this theory if someone with the funds and the tools could try to soften and shape stone with heat.

They used irregular jigsaw-puzzle shapes  for economy. They would find the stone's natural weak planes and let it break in a less than perfect straight plane, they would then break the next piece off and use that as the interlocking married piece of stone.

Quarry with round protrusions on unquarried stone.

No stone was broken off and wasted in shaping them rectangular if it didn't naturally break that way. The added benefit would be that they end up with stone that already matches the neighboring block without too much shaping and finishing.

THEORY TWO: The stones are actually a type of concrete and they were formed on site. The protrusions that are on the sides where remnants of the cylindrical ties that held the forms in place.

They used ties of the same material as the poured polymer concrete so that when it set they were one piece instead of creating a hole where a metal tie is, like today's concrete foundations.  Rusting iron leaves a weak spot for the concrete to eventually break down.

Before/after: Protrusions on a rough stone that faces Menkaure's
pyramid before being dressed smooth as the stones on the left have.

The main arguments I see against this theory is that nobody has been able to make a type of polymer concrete remotely close to this. Also, in Peru there are quarries with stones that are still in place that have the same protrusions. (see photo above) It is more likely that they used these protusions to lever the stones into place then later removed them by dressing the stones smooth, like they did on Menkaure's pyramid in Egypt.

And if they ground up the quarried stone to make concrete and then reshape them, why are there large blocks along the wayside in between the quarry and the building site.

If they are just going to grind them up, why not do it at the quarry. Why transport these giant blocks at all.

Acid mine water is a natural occurrence during mining

THEORY THREE: They dressed the adjoining surfaces of the blocks with an acidic paste made from acid mine drainage. This softened the stone and made it easier to shape with stone tools, plus the weight of the upper block allowed the adjoining blocks to conform to each other. The sheen along the joints is witness to this chemical reaction.

To me, this is the most plausible theory. However, I still don’t see how the vertical joints were just as perfect as the horizontal joints without the aid of gravity drawing the stones together.

A glassy sheen appears around most of the joints.

The earliest Spanish chroniclers mention that the Incas used a gold or reddish mud as mortar on their stonework. So it appears that the Incas knew about this method and tried to imitate this art but fell way short, never perfecting this building method.

The Incas themselves attributed the megalithic architecture to a civilization pre-dating them and long since vanished.

The antediluvian culture was world-wide, because the continents were closer together - nearly a supercontinent. 

Immense platform in Baalbek, Lebanon that the Greeks built upon.

That would explain why you see the same style of stonework in Peru, Lebanon and Egypt today.

In conclusion, it appears that the people before the flood had attained a comfortable level of civilization world-wide. Think about it. If people lived to be more than 500 years old, you would expect the knowledge and experience gained would be put to good use. Including, solving how to make structures that would survive earthquakes.

In fact, the generations after the flood were so awed by what they found, a cult built up around the remnants. (Read: What Did Noah's Granddaughter Discover in Egypt?)

More and more people are looking to megalithic architecture as evidence that a great civilization preceded Sumer, Indus Valley and Egypt. But instead of looking to the obvious answer - the antediluvian people - they dream up all sorts of UFO theories.

The simple answer is usually the right answer.

Pre-Incan Stonework

Incan Stonework

Additional reading:
This is How They Built the Inca Stone Walls | Ancient Architects
On the reddish, glittery mud the Inca used for perfecting their stone masonry
Hanan Pacha vs. Uran Pacha at Sacsayhuaman, Peru
Uran Pacha: Ancient walls, made with perfect fitting stones

Ancient Mysteries Explained: The archaeological proofs of Alfredo Gamarra’s…
Quadcopter View Of Ancient Cataclysmic Damage In Peru
Megalithic Site You Have Not Heard Of: Little Qenqo Near Cusco

The Surprisingly Plausible Theory that the Pyramids were Poured from Ancient Concrete

Granite clues to the pyramids hidden in plain sight.

The Improbable Timeline of the Old Kingdom Mega-Pyramid Builders!

How I Would Build The Great Pyramids - John Heisz

Sources:
Graham Hancock, Magicians of the Gods (New York, 2015)