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The Third Monolith in situ at Baalbek quarry, on the left beside the Stone of the Pregnant Woman. The Forgotten Stone, also called the Third Monolith, was discovered in the same quarry in 2014 by archaeologists from the German Archaeological Institute. Its weight is estimated at around 1,500 tonnes (3,300,000 lb), making it the largest stone ...
Baalbek, Roman Lebanon: Column drum, lower 48.5: 1st–2nd c. Temple of Jupiter [5] Baalbek, Roman Lebanon: Architrave-frieze block, central 63: Lifted by cranes to height of 19 m [10] 1st–2nd c. Temple of Jupiter [5] Baalbek, Roman Lebanon: Cornice block, corner 108: Lifted by cranes to height of 19 m [10] 1st–3rd c. Granite column [11]
The tallest retaining wall, on the west, has a second course of monoliths containing the famed "Three Stones" (Ancient Greek: Τρίλιθον, Trílithon): [8] cut from limestone, measuring over 19 m (62 ft) long, 4.3 m (14 ft) high, and 3.6 m (12 ft) broad, they weigh approximately 800 tonnes each. [9]
The largest monolith moved was the trilithon, a group of three monumental blocks in the podium of the Jupiter temple at Baalbek. The individual stones are 19.60 m, 19.30 m and 19.10 m long respectively, with a depth of 3.65 m and a height of 4.34 m. [ 75 ]
In the first century the worldwide famous temples in the area of Heliopolis (actual Baalbek) started to be built, using the nearby quarries with famous "Monoliths". The Temple of Jupiter in Heliopolis (in a complex area called even Sanctuary of Heliopolitan Zeus) was the biggest pagan temple in the classical world.
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[3] In 1984 the ruins at Baalbek were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [1] Preservation of the site began in the 1990s following the end of the war. The German Archaeological Institute's Orient Department has done a number of archaeological excavations and research on The Temple of Bacchus and the entire temple complex.
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