Ba'albek

Ba'albek is one of the most mysterious archaeological sites in the world, because many of his puzzles that have not been successful only disini.Salah unanswered is how the builders move and arrange the stones block weighing 1200 tons



QS 37:125 (Ash Shaaffaat),
“A tad’uuna ba’law wa tadzaruuna ahsanal khaaliqiin”
Do you worship Ba'al and you leave the best of the Creator?

Ba'albek, or "town of Baal" (the Phoenician god's name) is a city located 86 km from Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. In this city there are important historical heritage but also mysterious, related to the size and weight of intact rock used as building material of ancient Roman temples there.

The stones of the building was so large compared to the size of modern humans. Formed with a smooth and neat as building parts are magnificent and artistic. But the most surprising thing is as heavy objects turned out to have been able to also set up and arranged in such a way, whereas in the present era is still too heavy to be lifted by several large cranes at once.

discovery scratches similar results chainsaw on one of the foundation stone of the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

To the south Ba'albek, there is the former location of the excavation which appears to be a place for cutting large stone building materials temple.

In this place also, found a giant stone blocks (pictured below) and has been there since pemotongannya, more than 2,000 years ago. This stone block called the "Stone of the Pregnant Woman" and declared as the world's largest processed stone. Measuring 21.5 mx 4.2 m with an estimated weight of 1,500 tons.


Based on history, at first, Ba'albek inhabited by the Phoenicians until then occupied by the Greeks in 323-64 BC which then changed the name of the city into "Heliopolis" (city of the sun). Year 64 BC, the city became a Roman colony (Colonia Julia Augusta Felix Heliopolitana) during the reign of Julius Caesar. During the period of Roman occupation is made of stone temples built giant. Dedicated to the ancient Roman god, Jupiter.