Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek, Lebanon, with visitors at its base for scale
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Baalbek: Jupiter temple podium (Trilithon) + Hajar al-Hibla quarry

The largest stone at Baalbek never left the quarry. It weighs an estimated 1,650 tonnes.

Podium/temple mid-1st c. AD (graffito: temple nearing completion AD 60); tell occupied…

The quarry is uphill from the temple. How much of the mystery does that remove, and how much remains?

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Photo: Lodo from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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