June
18
/ 2022
One of the biggest feats of Roman ingenuity lies in Lebanon’s historic Bekaa Valley, home to the ancient city of Heliopolis, now Baalbek. Here, the 2,000-year-old Temple of Jupiter was built on top of three colossal stones known as the Trilithon, or the Three Stones, and sits adjacent to the Temple of Bacchus. Not far from these mighty temples, within the limestone quarry from which the Trilithon originated, lie three more immense stones, the Stone of the Pregnant Woman, the Stone of the South and the Forgotten Stone. Forgotten Stones: Secrets of the Megalithic Quarries Is this How Ancient Megalithic Structures Were Made? MIT Scientist Move 25-Ton Blocks by Hand! Half buried in earth, as if moved and then forgotten
