{"id":22858,"date":"2013-12-02T09:12:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T09:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/?p=22858"},"modified":"2026-03-04T08:30:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:30:51","slug":"baalbek-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/baalbek-n\/","title":{"rendered":"Baalbek"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baalbek<\/strong>, situated in the Bekka Valley in Lebanon, undoubtedly presents us with what I consider to be one of the greatest mysteries of the ancient world. It was the site of a most impressive Roman temple complex dedicated to Jupiter. However, the very name Baalbek suggests an earlier connection with the Caananite\/Phoenician god, Baal.<\/p>\n

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Peter Mungo Jupp has suggested that the original temple at Baalbek involved Holy Prostitution in the service of Baal(z)<\/sup>, while another\u00a0commentator has even suggested a link with Indian yogis!(t)<\/sup><\/p>\n

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Although the Roman remains are still impressive, it is some blocks in the lower and presumably earlier courses(d)<\/sup>, that have continued to stump archaeologists, three of which are of cut limestone and are estimated to weigh \"baalbek3\"<\/a>up to 800 tons(c)<\/sup>. (compare with the content of the link(k)<\/sup><\/span>)<\/p>\n

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Regarding to these three huge stones, Wikipedia has noted that \u201cThe smaller three are part of a podium wall in the\u00a0<\/em>Roman complex of the Temple of Jupiter Baal (Heliopolitan Zeus) are known as the ‘Trilithon’ Each of these is estimated at 750\u2013800 tonnes (830\u2013880 short tons). The quarry was slightly higher than the temple complex, so no lifting was required to move the stones. The large stones may have been moved into position on rollers along temporary earthen banks from the quarry.\u201d<\/em>(aa)<\/sup><\/p>\n

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A well-illustrated article(q)<\/sup> by Gian J. Quasar regarding this strange masonry is worth a read.<\/p>\n

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Even more disturbing is a block still lying in a nearby quarry, where it was cut, and which has been\u00a0calculated to exceed 1000 tons and\u00a0named\u00a0 The Stone of the Pregnant Woman<\/i>. Another block, in the same quarry, was only discovered in the 1990\u2019s and is thought to be even heavier at 1200 tons(g)<\/span><\/sup>.<\/p>\n

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In 1997, Andrew Collins <\/a>ventured to suggest that Baalbek, because of its high elevation, “<\/em>hints at the fact that it once served as some kind of platform for the observation of celestial and stellar events.”<\/em>(v)<\/sup>. Collins expanded on his views in two later papers on his website(w)<\/sup>(x)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

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While the Baalbek monoliths are astoundingly impressive, they would appear to be outshone by the unfinished stele in the quarry at Yangshan in eastern China. Its estimated weight has been put as high as over 6,000 tons. Its creation is attributed to the reign of the Yongle Emperor in the early 15th century. However, others claim much greater antiquity, insisting that \u201calthough it is a limestone quarry, the stones were not cut and shaped with hammer and chisel, as you will see. They were machined.<\/em>(y)<\/sup><\/span>! Images on Wikipedia show three monoliths still partially attached to bedrock with estimated weights ranging from 6,000 to 16,000 tons(ab)<\/sup><\/span>. You can ignore the suggestion of machining.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hugh Newman, a self-described ‘megalithomaniac’(r)<\/sup>, has produced a paper(s)<\/sup> on the enormous Baalbek monoliths, in which he cites Graham Hancock<\/a> speculatively dating the age of Baalbek megaliths as 12,000 years or more.<\/p>\n

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In March 2014, it was widely reported(e)<\/span><\/sup> that even heavier megaliths had been identified on Siberia\u2019s Mount Shoria. However, the images I have seen suggest to me a natural origin(f)<\/sup><\/span>. A short video clip is available(j)<\/span><\/sup>.<\/p>\n

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We do not know how such huge objects were made or moved in ancient times. I often think that the bigger question is, why did they bother to cut such large blocks! \u00a0An online article(b)<\/sup> tells how the ingenuity of our ancestors produced the most powerful hand crane in history which multiplied the force of its operator 632<\/strong> times. However, just because we do not yet know precisely how the Baalbek blocks were manipulated does not justify wild claims that they were moved by high-tech Atlanteans or extraterrestrials. I may not know how stage magicians saw ladies in half, but that does not compel me to label them Atlantean or alien.<\/p>\n

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The most persistent question relating to all megalithic structures is \u201chow did they manage to build them using such large heavy rocks and blocks\u201d? <\/em>Many ingenious solutions are on offer, but perhaps the most remarkable is that proposed by W. T. Wallington, who demonstrated that using basic materials, which were available to the Egyptians, one individual can manipulate a 4500kg stone block. His website includes a remarkable video clip of his method. A review(n)<\/sup> of this video is worth a read. Another or comparable technology may have been used by Edward Leedskainin, when he single-handedly built Coral Castle in Florida City(o)<\/sup>. What is certain is that Leedskainin had no help from intergalactic visitors.<\/p>\n

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The late Alan Alford <\/a>wrote an extensive paper on Baalbek(a)<\/sup>.\u00a0 Immanuel Velikovsky <\/a>and others have supported the idea that Baakbek was in fact the location of the biblical city of Dan, recorded as the most northern city of ancient Israel. Furthermore, the earlier notes on the subject by Velikovsky are also available online(i) <\/sup>in which he suggested that Baalbek was the temple built by Jeroboam in the north of the former Kingdom of Israel to compete with Solomon’s temple in Jerusalem in the south.<\/p>\n

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December 2014 found the latest estimate for the weight of the largest dressed stone found at Baalbek, was calculated to be 1650 tons(h)<\/sup>. It is clear that some explanation is required, hopefully, something better than the implication of extraterrestrial intervention. I would like to think that if we had alien visitors that their technology would be in advance of the \u2018stone\u2019 age. Surely they would have something better to produce than enormous foundation stones, which to my puny mind does not smack of the best that a civilisation capable of travelling across the cosmos would have to offer! I find the claims of Graham Hancock <\/a>or Erich von D\u00e1niken<\/a> equally unconvincing in this instance.<\/p>\n

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A sober, well-referenced article outlining the arguments in favour of identifying the megaliths as Roman is available online(k) <\/sup>as well as supportive blogs from Frank D\u00f6rnenburg(m)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

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A UNESCO-sponsored hitech survey of the Baalbek site as part of a Risk Preparedness Strategy is now proposed so that the most appropriate remedial action can be taken in the event of natural deterioration or even war damage(l)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

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Brian Foerster’s website(p)<\/sup> has some remarkable images of the Baalbek masonry. <\/b>In 2018, Baalbek Lebanon: Megaliths of The Gods<\/em> [2118<\/a>]<\/sup> was privately published by Foerster. It’s a short but well-illustrated book. Unfortunately, although it provides a lot of interesting background material about Baalbek, it does nothing to solve the mystery of how the enormous dressed stone blocks there were moved or by whom.<\/p>\n

There are a number of YouTube videos featuring the Baalbek ruins(u)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

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(a)<\/sup> See: Archive 3414<\/a><\/p>\n

(b)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.lowtechmagazine.com\/2010\/03\/history-of-human-powered-cranes.html<\/a><\/p>\n

(c)<\/sup> https:\/\/vejprty.com\/baalbek.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

(d)<\/sup> https:\/\/grahamhancock.com\/third-megalith-baalbek-hancock\/<\/a><\/p>\n

(e)<\/sup> https:\/\/thepeoplesvoice.tv\/megaliths-russia-advanced-civilisation\/<\/a>
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(f)<\/sup> http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220606004250\/https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/6200990\/Super_Megaliths_in_Gornaya_Shoria_Southern_Siberia<\/a><\/p>\n

(g)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.ancient-origins.net\/opinion-guest-authors\/forgotten-stones-baalbek-lebanon-001865#!biIakW<\/a><\/p>\n

(h)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.ancient-origins.net\/news-history-archaeology\/largest-known-megalithic-block-antiquity-revealed-baalbek-002385<\/a><\/p>\n

(i)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.bibliotecapleyades.net\/arqueologia\/esp_baalbek_5.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

(j)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SXeuTK2fhwI<\/a><\/p>\n

(k)<\/span><\/sup> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240421055001\/https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/39539-2\/<\/a><\/p>\n

(l)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/301701044_Protecting_Baalbek%27s_Integrity <\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

(m)<\/sup> http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230521132252\/https:\/\/www.ramtops.co.uk\/baalbek.html<\/p>\n

or See: https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170711050921\/https:\/\/www.ramtops.co.uk\/baalbek.html<\/a><\/p>\n

(n) <\/sup>Wayback Machine (archive.org)<\/a>
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(o)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.ancient-origins.net\/unexplained-phenomena\/overcoming-gravity-enigma-coral-castle-005051<\/a><\/p>\n

(p)<\/sup> https:\/\/hiddenincatours.com\/worlds-largest-megalithic-stones-baalbek-lebanon\/<\/a><\/p>\n

(q)<\/sup> http:\/\/www.thelivingmoon.com\/43ancients\/02files\/Baalbek_Temple_of_Jupiter.html<\/a><\/p>\n

(r)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.megalithomania.co.uk\/hughnewman.html<\/a><\/p>\n

(s)<\/sup> Atlantis Rising Magazine #111<\/p>\n

(t)<\/sup> Baalbek \u2013 Lebanon\u2019s Ancient Yogic Connection – The Isha Blog (archive.org)<\/a><\/p>\n

(u)<\/sup> <\/span>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=baalbek+Lebanon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

(v)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.bibliotecapleyades.net\/arqueologia\/esp_baalbek_4.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

(w)<\/sup> <\/span>https:\/\/www.andrewcollins.com\/page\/articles\/baalbek.htm<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

(x)<\/sup> <\/span>https:\/\/www.andrewcollins.com\/page\/articles\/baalbek2.htm<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

(y)<\/sup> <\/span>http:\/\/www.soul-guidance.com\/houseofthesun\/yangshan.html<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

(z)<\/sup> Baalbek Temple prostitutes and Holy Prostitution for Baal (archive.org)<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

(aa)<\/sup> <\/span> Baalbek Stones – Wikipedia<\/a>
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(ab)<\/sup> <\/span> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yangshan_Quarry<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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