Archaeologists uncovered the roughly 1,650-ton Forgotten Stone in Baalbek’s western quarry in 2014. The 19.6 × 6 × 5.5 m stone consists of four separate blocks and was never transported. It is larger than and aligned with the Stone of the Pregnant Woman; its quarry lies about 1 km from the Temple of Jupiter. The video argues that it may have marked a sacred place associated with the temple’s origins.
1,650-ton monolith uncovered in Baalbek’s western quarry
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Key facts
- The Forgotten Stone, also called the Third Monolith, was discovered in Baalbek’s western quarry in 2014 by archaeologists from the German Archaeological Institute.
- The stone measures about 19.6 × 6 × 5.5 metres and is estimated to weigh 1,650 tons, not 1,240 tons.
- It consists of four separate blocks, was never transported, and is larger than and aligned with the Stone of the Pregnant Woman.
- The western quarry is approximately one kilometre from the Temple of Jupiter and lies uphill from it.
- The idea that the stone marked a sacred place associated with the temple’s origins is the video’s interpretation, not an established archaeological finding.
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