Baalbek Stones

Baalbek Stones
John Douglas Woodward (1846-1924) · Public domain

Also known as: Baalbek Quarry

Six colossal Roman-era worked stone blocks at Baalbek (ancient Heliopolis) in Lebanon. The Trilithon consists of three stones in the Temple of Jupiter podium, each approximately 19 m long, 4.2 m high, and weighing 750-800 tonnes. The Stone of the Pregnant Woman, an unfinished monolith still in the quarry 900 m from the temple, measures 21 m long and weighs roughly 1,000 tonnes. These represent the largest monoliths ever quarried in the ancient world.

TypeMegalithic stones
Period< 4500 BC
CountryLebanon
Coordinates33.9992° N, 36.2003° E

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