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The blocks known as the Trilithon (the upper of the two largest courses of stone pictured) in the Temple of Jupiter Baal. The Trilithon (Greek: Τρίλιθον), also called the Three Stones, is a group of three horizontally lying giant stones that form part of the podium of the Temple of Jupiter Baal at Baalbek.
A fourth, still larger stone called the Stone of the Pregnant Woman lies unused in the nearby quarry 800 m (2,600 ft) from the town [10] and weighs around 1,000 tonnes. [11] A fifth, weighing approximately 1,200 tonnes [12] lies in the same quarry.) Through the foundation there run three enormous passages the size of railway tunnels. [8]
Its weight is estimated at 1,000 tonnes (1,100 tons). [181] A fifth, still larger stone weighing approximately 1,200 tonnes (1,300 tons) [182] lies in the same quarry. This quarry was slightly higher than the temple complex, [183] [140] [184] so no lifting was required to move the stones. [185] [186]
Monolith with bull, fox, and crane in low relief at Göbekli Tepe. The density of most stone is between 2 and 3 tons per cubic meter. Basalt weighs about 2.8 to 3.0 tons per cubic meter; granite averages about 2.75 metric tons per cubic meter; limestone, 2.7 metric tons per cubic meter; sandstone or marble, 2.5 tons per cubic meter.
The Chesapeake 1000 can lift up to 1,000 tons. The Left Coast Lifter supercrane — which was nicknamed "I Lift New York" during its work in the Tappan Zee section of the river — can lift 1,929 ...
In 1533–1548, the town was the second largest in the Beqaa valley after Baalbek, comprising 590 households, all Muslims. [6] The town was largely devastated in strife between the Yunus Harfush and Fakhreddine in 1623 and as a result was abandoned for several decades, [7] with many of its inhabitants moving to Jabal Amel. [citation needed]
A mammoth sinkhole opened along a major New Jersey interstate Thursday morning, closing several lanes and pushing motorists onto local roads to avoid the pit.
The crane can lift 1,000 tons of debris, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Friday. But “one of the challenges is that the Key Bridge, which sits on top of the vessel right now, that weight is ...