У камней Баальбека есть секрет, и это не утраченные технологии

This video explains the Baalbek stones: who cut the largest megalithic structures of the Roman world, how they were moved without a single engine, and what happened to the biggest ones of all. In a limestone quarry at Baalbek, in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, lies the largest known stone block from the ancient world: almost 20 metres long, an estimated 1,650 tons. Less than a kilometre away, three blocks of about 800 tons each, the Baalbek trilithon, sit in the podium of the Temple of Jupiter. Three were delivered. The largest never left the quarry. This is ancient engineering examined through measurements and published archaeology, not legend. What's covered in this video: • Where the Baalbek stones stand: Roman Heliopolis, a colony from about 16 BC, built on a mound that people had occupied for roughly 9,000 years. • The Baalbek trilithon: three blocks of 19.6, 19.3 and 19.1 metres, about 800 tons each, resting on a course of 350 ton blocks. • The claim that the platform is older than Rome, what is right about it, and what architect Daniel Lohmann identified beneath the temple. • The quarry of Hajjar al Hibla: the Stone of the Pregnant Woman (about 970 tons), a second monolith of 1,242 tons, and the 1,650 ton block uncovered in 2014 by the German Archaeological Institute and the Lebanese University. • What the podium wall itself reveals about the Roman building programme. • The method: Roman cranes and their limits, the 1977 calculations of Jean Pierre Adam, cedar rollers, capstans and 144 men. • Two tests from history: the 300 ton marble monolith hauled from Carrara for Mussolini in 1928, and the 1,250 ton Thunder Stone moved towards Saint Petersburg around 1770 with 64 men. • What is documented, and what is still unknown, about why the biggest Baalbek megalithic stones stayed behind, with a parallel at the unfinished obelisk of Aswan. Common questions answered: How heavy are the Baalbek stones? The three trilithon blocks weigh about 800 tons each, and the largest block in the quarry an estimated 1,650 tons. Who built the Baalbek trilithon? The archaeological evidence places it in a Roman podium of the first century AD, a work of Roman engineering and not of a lost civilisation. Could a modern crane lift one of these megalithic structures? Yes: the Sarens SGC 250 is rated for 5,000 tons, more than six times the weight of a trilithon block. Mentioned in this video: Baalbek, Heliopolis, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek trilithon, Hajjar al Hibla, Stone of the Pregnant Woman, Jean Pierre Adam (architect and archaeologist), Daniel Lohmann (architect), Jeanine Abdul Massih (archaeologist, Lebanese University), German Archaeological Institute, Otto Puchstein, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Nero, Benito Mussolini, Carrara, Foro Italico, Catherine the Great, Carburi, the Thunder Stone, Saint Petersburg, Sarens SGC 250, unfinished obelisk of Aswan, capstan, megalithic structures, Roman engineering, ancient engineering. The answer was never in the temple. It was lying in the quarry. Sources: • Jean Pierre Adam, "À propos du trilithon de Baalbek. Le transport et la mise en œuvre des mégalithes", Syria 54, 1977. • Daniel Lohmann, Bollettino di Archeologia online, 2010. • Jeanine Abdul Massih, study of the Baalbek megalith quarry, 2015. • German Archaeological Institute, announcement of the 2014 quarry excavation. More from the ancient engineering series: The unfinished obelisk of Aswan:    • How Did They Do It? Ancient Egyptian Grani...   How granite was drilled 4,000 years ago:    • This 4000-Year-Old Tool Drilled Granite Bu...   How Ancient Egypt's statues actually moved:    • How Ancient Egypt's Statues Actually Moved   Subscribe to see what History is still hiding:    / @history-buried-secrets   #BaalbekStones #AncientEngineering #MegalithicStructures #Baalbek #RomanEngineering #Trilithon #Archaeology #AncientHistory