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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]
Henri Chevrier organized an effort to pull a 6-ton block on a sledge with a group of six men. This effort used 1 man per ton. [99] Other reports claim that Chevier's experiment required 3 men per ton. [100] Josh Bernstein and Julian Richards organized an effort to pull a 2-ton stone on wooden tracks with a group of about 16 men. This effort ...
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Pages in category "Baalbek" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Baalbeck International Festival;
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump cannot ignore a law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest its popular short video app TikTok in the U.S. by early next year or face a ban ...
An aerial photo of the crane Chesapeake 1000, provided by the Westchester County Police, shot the day before the tugboat Specialist was raised to the surface of the Hudson River under the Tappan ...
An ancient shipwreck that dates back to the 7th century B.C.E. has been removed from waters off Spain, two decades after its discovery in 1994.