Baalbek Megaliths

The Stone of the Pregnant Woman at Baalbek.

The Baalbek Megaliths are large megalithic stones located at the site of Baalbek in the Baalbek Valley in Lebanon. The site includes a quarry with large megaliths left still in the ground and the podium of the Temple of Jupiter.

Site History

Baalbek was first excavated in 1898-1903 by a German expedition. The site was ruined, and many expeditions, including some done by the French and Lebanese, reconstructed some of the temple structures during the 1930s, ’50s, and ’60s. The site has been studied since the mid-18th century. The antiquarian Robert Wood wrote The Ruins of Balbec, Otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria in 1757, which started the main archaeological interest in the site The study of the site was interrupted due to the Lebanese civil war from 1975-1990. German expeditions continue to be done on the site, with research focuses on the quarry of Baalbek and the podium of the Temple of Jupiter (Megalith Quarry).

Site Description

The Quarry

Blah blah blah stones

The Stone of the Pregnant Woman

Big slanted stone

Area IV Megalith

The one found in the 70's

Area III Megalith

The new stone next to the pregnant woman stone

The Temple of Jupiter Platform

The podium of the Temple of Jupiter is constructed of three megalithic stones known as the Trilithon. These stones are considered to be some of the largest stones used in construction in history. Each of the stones are 64 ft x 14 ft x 12 ft, and weigh about 800 tons (Starting from Baalbek). The information on the construction of the podium and thus the temple is foggy. It is relatively considered that construction began in the first century BCE, and finished in the third century CE (Reconstructing Baalbek).

Architectual plan of the entire Sanctuary of Jupiter at Baalbek. The podium of the temple is depicted on the far left of the plan.

Pesudoarchaeological Claims

Religious Claims

These are so great man, especially the giants one

Graham Hancock

Thank god he has his own blog