![]() ![]() Photograph from the 1890s showing the huge megalithic foundations of the Temple of Jupiter (public domain) Quarry of megalithic blocks I suggest we are looking at the handiwork of the survivors of a lost civilisation, that the Romans built their Temple of Jupiter on a pre-existing, 12,000-years-old megalithic foundation.” “I believe these huge megaliths long predate the construction of the Temple of Jupiter and are likely to be 12,000 or more years old - contemporaneous with the megalithic site of Gobekli Tepe in Turkey. “I do not agree with the mainstream archaeological view that any of the three megalithic blocks in the quarry, or the enigmatic megalithic foundations of the Temple of the Jupiter, are the work of the Romans,” writes Graham Hancock. ![]() Indeed, a quick glance at the photograph below clearly shows a difference in style and appearance between the large megalithic stones and the surrounding blocks used to build the temple. Many researchers, Graham Hancock included, reject the traditional explanation that the blocks are the work of the Romans. How they were cut so finely and moved into place has defied explanation, particularly considering the blocks are known to have weighed over 1000 tons. Twenty-seven of these enormous limestone blocks can be seen at its base with three of them, weighing about 1,000 tons each, known as the “Trilithon.” The temple was built on platform of stones that are among the largest building blocks seen in the whole world. ![]() One of the most awe-inspiring features of Baalbek are the incredible megalithic foundations of the Temple of Jupiter. During the period of Roman rule, Baalbek was known as Heliopolis (“City of the Sun”), and housed one of the largest and grandest sanctuaries in the empire. However, some researchers, such as Graham Hancock, argue that its roots go back as many as 12,000 years. Located at an altitude of approximately 1,170 meters in the Beqaa valley, Baalbek is known to have been settled from at least 7,000 BC, with almost continual settlement of the Tell under the Temple of Jupiter, which was a temple since the pre-Hellenistic era. A new analysis conducted by the German Archaeological Institute at the ancient stone quarry of Baalbek/Ancient Heliopolis, in Lebanon, has calculated the size and weight of an enormous monolith, and can now conclude that it is the largest known stone block ever carved by human hands. ![]()
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