Baalbek – The 1,000-Ton Stones That Defy History
This episode has been translated into English using artificial intelligence (AI). The original script and content come from the Swedish podcast Historiens Mysterier (Mysteries of History).Baalbek in Lebanon is one of the most impressive and enigmatic ancient ruin cities, renowned for its enormous temples built by the Romans on a site that had previously been dedicated to the Phoenician god Baal. In its foundations lie stone blocks weighing up to 1,000 tons, among the largest ever quarried and moved by human beings. Archaeologists maintain that the Romans used advanced but well-understood…
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