I love old megalithic buildings! This is the best video I've seen with the most information about this place. Might want to watch it on your TV or Bluetooth to a speaker or headphones because the volume is bad.
Hi Bradley and thanks for commenting. I've published the full subtitles in the closed captions. Also if played at a slower speed Hassan's comments are much clearer. English is a second language for him and he did a great job explaining the many artifacts and rituals. Baalbek is a fascinating place with many areas still to be excavated.
This man was my docent when I last visited Baalbek in 2009. He showed us a wonderful time. The ruins are as described. Also, the Bekaa Valley, though it looks arid, is a very fertile agricultural area with rich dark soil.
Hi Emil, Hassan is a very knowledgeable guide. He has been working at Baalbek for 40+ years and his father also worked there before him. A great guy with many wonderful stories. I was also surprised at just how fertile the Bekaa valley is. From the mountain tops it looks a little like a desert down in the valley as you mentioned it is full of crops and farmland. Do you think you will ever visit Baalbek again? I'm planning another trip as soon as the pandemic is over. 😷👍
Thanks for leaving a comment Sandy, Things are very difficult in Lebanon right now so I wouldn't advise going there. When things settle down I will return as well. As to contacting Hassan. That too is rather difficult at the moment. You could try the Baalbek tourist board...assuming it is still operational which I doubt. The country is collapsing. Shame it's a beautiful place.
@Sandy SE Yep things are pretty dire in Lebanon at the moment with not much happening to sort out the mess. I visited for 5 weeks and traveled around Lebanon but still have so much that I would like to see and do. It's a stunning country.
@Sandy SE Haha yes the traffic. Driving in Lebanon takes nerves of steel. Next time I go to Lebanon I'm hoping to go scuba diving off the coast of Tire & Sidon. There is an entire city on the seabed that I want to film. There are so many ancient sites still to explore. Many only known to the locals. Luckily I have local contacts. 🎥👍
Interesting observation. Good point. Hassan points out the various forms of symbolism. Baalbek was a key trading location between the far East and the West. Caravans would indeed come from as far away as China and India bringing all sorts of spices and trade goods along with religious and scientific ideas. 10:50 All the ancient world gathered in Baalbek.
Amazing video Congratulations Mr. Hassan was very polite and did his best. I hope he is fine today Have you ever seen him again after 2017? Best regards Rio Brazil
Thank you Eduardo, Hassan is a fountain of knowledge on Baalbek and the surrounding area. I have not been back to Lebanon since this trip. It's rather difficult to visit at this time. I'm sure Hassan is fine. They live long lives in the region. 💯👍🏼
+Angelia Phillips thanks for commenting Angelia. It was a fascinating place. Listening to the guide talking about all those old Gods. The buildings themselves are very impressive and well worth the trip. He mentions Atlantis towards the end of the tour. Very mysterious.
@109088324480676862562 They are massive. It is staggering to hear the explanation and the way he says it. So casual? Millions of slaves died in the construction!?. 😱
Hi Sean and thanks for dropping in and leaving a comment. It's an amazing place and mindbogglingly massive. It's incredible what can be built with unlimited slave labour. 👍👍👍
really great to see inside like this - very interesting footage indeed - can i ask, would you mind if i took a few screen captures (a couple of secs at a time) to put into a vid i'm doing - I want to broach the topic of the huge foundation stones and whether or not the romans did it!
I don't know what RUclips would say if you were to use any clips as they are a bit hot on copyright issues right now. Email me with your suggestions and maybe we can sort something out? As for the foundation stones. The Romans built on top of an ancient existing structure built by the Phonecians as you can see from the various stone layers.
Giants? Don't you think it is even more amazing when you 'know' that it was built by human slaves? We do know exactly when each layer was built. Carbon dating is very accurate and doesn't rely on guesswork, superstition or opinions. Conspiracy theorists love to make up sensationalist nonsense. It sells to a gullible public. Giants....really? 😂😋😱
@@molometer sorry for the disillusion, but carbon dating is only accurate for sedimented carbon based living beings. Dating rocks through this method relies on a myth or unprofessional silent post. Layers of rocks can enhance sedimented living beings throughout the time, thus many archeologists commit the mistake of dating buildings on their latest found sedimented beings. This has nothing to do with conspirecy it is just simple science..
More like an ancient civilization of humans that had much greater knowledge of construction and mining then we do today, the Romans didn't built these monuments at all, the Colosseum was their biggest construction project and it was made of much smaller blocks weighting 3-5 tons while some of the stones that were still in the quarry for baalbek weighed up to an unimaginable 500 to 1,650 Tons at the most and they moved these things quite far considering their size, the foundation of the temple of Jupiter is insanely huge, your mind would be blown if all the soil were removed from the sides and you could see how far the stack blocks go down. Guy in video is just repeating what he been told, Romans likely inherited them and gave them names.
@@liquidpza Each level or strata has organic materials that clearly show it's age via carbon dating. What are you suggesting that is missing? Please feel free to expand on your position.👍
Hi mate, why didn't the guide show you the large blocks on the outside wall? From an engineering perspective that's what interests me. You say "1400 ton" however you don't film any of the big boys?
Hi Kristian, the thumbnail photo was taken on the inside of one of the 1400 ton stones. Hassan explained in the video how they were moved into position and pointed out the holes made in the slabs that took the huge bronze bars that were used as anchor points for towing the slabs. It is an incredible feat of engineering for sure even by today's standards. Thanks for leaving a comment as it is very helpful to clarify these points.
There is a mountain of evidence that it was in fact built with 100's of 1,000's of slaves over 450 years. The temples that we see today were built on top of much older temples by other slaves no doubt. I know it is hard to believe but it makes sense when you see the place up close but don't let a silly thing like 'evidence' influence your thinking!? 😂😂😂👍
@@molometer "there's a mountain of evidence" Please explain to me and my engineering professor how they moved the massive blocks on the foundation. If they are 'rolled' please explain how and what materials. Also these massive blocks were lifted over 20 feet high to their position. Please explain this "mountain of evidence"
“Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Whose height was like the height of the cedars, And he was as strong as the oaks; Yet I destroyed his fruit above And his roots beneath."
There is NO way tiny little man placed these unimaginably Heavy stones here, much less TIGHTLY fitted those MASSIVE STONES together with such precision!
Hi Ray, I'd be interested to know what your explanation is? Because the place is definitely there and if you look very carefully you will see that the stones were often left rough hewn? Not precise at all. Especially in the tunnels under the temple complex? 👍
@@molometer Ahh, my good man, you are forgetting about the numerous Sites where ENORMOUS Stones are found, Precisely cut and placed so PERFECTLY one upon another in a sequence NOBODY can explain. And most cases, these Megalithic Stones were quaried, then transported a consid- erable distance to their resting place. No man. I will not even waste my time debating about this. The evidence of Giants in our distant past is Overwhelming. Besides, Why is it so hard to accept this truth? So, whatever reply you come up with will simply be ignored. There are plenty of RUclips channels you can visit to do further study...And plenty of people to debate. Thank you.
I believe all the stone structures in Baalbek must have been created anew. No old existing stones were used. To create new stones, I meant ancient people had used cement concrete. Under such a belief, no impossible missions were performed. On the other hand, if we believe that ancient people used existing old stones, we also believe that ancient people would have performed many impossible missions. They would have quarried heavier and bigger stones, some weighing heavier than 2000 tonnes, cut them to smaller stones, carved them to shape, transported them for long distances, lifted them up to build walls. Which belief is more believable? Which is more likely to be accomplished?
You are correct. The Baalbek temple complex we see on the surface today was built from new stone from a nearby quarry 2000 years ago. Some of the huge columns were brought it from other places.
@@molometer : You did not distinguish the new and old. By new, it means there was no stone, and a new stone was created from zero mass. By old, it means those stones that have existed on earth for trillions of years. Therefore all the stones you meant were old existing stones; none was new. Another distinction is the source. To create new stone, ancient people used cement concrete as source. To use old stones, ancient people did not use cement concrete; they quarried from a bedrock. The fate of ancient people was determined by modern people. Do you think it fair?
@@legpol By new stone I mean newly cut stone from the nearby quarry. Have you ever visited Baalbek? You seem to have a strong opinion on it's construction. Fyi The Earth is estimated to be approimately 4.54 billion years old. Not trillions as you mentioned. I'm aware of the use of concrete from this era. What are your thoughts on how this temple complex was built? All theories are worth examining closely. 👍🏼
@@molometer : Okay, thank you for the age of the earth; it is only 4.54 billion years old. As a consequence, any stone from any bedrock will be about 4.54 billion years old. They cannot be new when compared with the stones created in Baalbek. Yes, I have a strong opinion on the construction of all the stones in Baalbek. I believe those stones were new stones created with cement concrete. My belief is based on very good evidence. And the evidence can be viewed on videos any time without any personal visit to the stones.
Although sandstone can be described as bedrock it is much younger than other forms of rock like granite. Sandstone is a sedimentary rock which is made by deposition over millennia. It can be very old but not as old as other more ancient rocks. Sandstone is actually very good for making cement.
Baalbek Lebanon is a magnificent place! The megalithic stones were created before the great flood of Noah! I'm not sure how they did it but I do know that primitive man could not construct this then lift it and place it with such Precision! There's no way in Antiquity primitive man but they've been able to do this! Modern man can't do this in my Derma T! I believe this was constructed in what some called Atlantis
Hi Marcos, there are many conflicting theories about the construction of Baalbek and in fact the guide himself mentioned in the video that the CIA had been to the ruins investigating connections to Atlantis? I asked Hassan what they were looking for and he said that he didn't know? Very weird but that's exactly what he says in the video?
Read about the Thunder Stone weighing 1,500 tons that was moved to St. Petersburg in 1768 under Catherine the Great. It was moved on rail tracks while the ground was frozen.
@@markcorreale8495 I haven't heard about the thunder stone but according to Hassan many large stones were taken to build the Hagia Sofia mosque in Turkey!?
@@molometer , Hagia Sophia was built by Christians in fourth and sixth centuries (built, destroyed, and rebuilt) and became the largest cathedral in eastern Roman Imperial Constantinople (Byzantine empire). In 1453 Constantinople fell to the Ottoman empire and they converted it to a mosque. It is considered to be a major work of architecture, but I am unaware of comparable megalithic stone work.
@@craigjoseph9374 Not true. I've been to this place and have seen with my own eyes the marks where the stones were cut. The holes they bored where they placed thick bronze bars to drag them along. When you have unlimited slave labour and a few hundred years. It's not difficult at all to build places like Baalbek or the pyramids for that matter. The largest stones seem impossible to move but they did it...just a few centimeters a day.
I believe you, I have seen them as well. We, in our current era, with ALL of the technology that we have, cannot replicate those structures. There are flat cuts on the tops of some of those stones which are incomprehensible due to their width and length, and there are no saw marks visible. These structures were not built by men.
@@craigjoseph9374 Again totally false assumption. We do have plenty of technology that could move these stones easily. As for the fine details on the stones 'no cut marks' take a look at the work of stonemasons even today. Stonemasons use the same tools today that were available back then and can still produce totally flat surfaces. If humans didn't build this place... Who did?
The Romans did not build this. Why would they build on such a massive scale here, and not in their own capital cities? There is obvious evidence of much older ancient construction than any that may have occurred during Roman times. Thousands of years prior to Roman rule.
Baalbek was a very important city to the Romans as it is on the silk road for trade between China and Europe. This is not the only example of massive Roman buildings outside of Rome. There are numerous examples in Britain, Libya and north Africa. Check out Sfax in Tunisia. Second Largest ampithetre in the world. It's huge.
With a lot of slave labour from all across the Roman Empire. They used the same building methods as the great pyramids. There is a drawing showing the method in the video. 02:10 👍
@@molometer Trust me brother, I have studied the great pyramid extensively and it was built hundreds of thousands of years earlier and every other one built was a cheap imitation. There are barnacles and sea urchins encrusted into the crevices 0of the mid-height of the structure establishing that it at one point was half-submerged in sea water for a Looooong time.
@@molometer true the Romans did much of it.. but they did not built the stones were they built the temple of Jupiter on it. These megaliths were already there. As much of our known history, there has much been claimed and re used.
Good question. It appears that the slaves/workers were housed near the quarry. They are still excavating the site and elephant bones have been found. 👍
There are many defaced God's at Baalbek as different civilizations passed through. From the Pagans to the Phoenicians, Byzantines to the Romans and most recently the Muslims. Each new religious movement has adopted the ceremonies, feast days and sacrifices of the previous religion. Baalbek is a testament to the persistence of religion in the minds of some humans. Even though the evidence is right before them. They still 'believe in a God?'
The trilithon is amazing! To amazing. Where they rest, next to them are much smaller stones and fill a space on one side for example, the size of one of those 1 Thousand Ton blocks and another at a corner of the base 30 of 40 yards away, and possibly more, at the same time, between the quarry and site is one of those city bus size blocks and at the quarry are two possibly three more almost completed. So there's no way on Earth they made too many, or filled in with much smaller blocks and leave all this worked stone behind, especially near completed and completed left halfway to the site? and the site has been altered many times. Never before has a 1,000 ton block been cut and moved and we have six of them right here. This is one of many incomplete sites! Most have no Historical claims. Like the Mayans said They are from the Gods and were always here? The aging surfaces make some of these stones 10's of Thousands of years old. We keep finding new sites, at this rate, they'll have to claim we had 20 Billion people back then to do all of this. It's so easy to see the great megalithic work, under Roman work! Embarrassing for those pushing insanity and attacking anyone suggesting other views! Just that in it self tells you everything period!
You are right. There are many conflicting. 'opinions' but the evidence is right there in front of our eyes. These massive stone blocks are man made and were moved. How they were moved is pretty obvious to see but some people have other views. Some of which sound implausible? 👍
@kev you are right in thinking that the Romans built on top of existing foundations. That is the accepted view by many archeologists. The Romans also built the massive coliseum in Sfax in Tunisia. There is a theory that suggests that all the pyramids globally were built by a group of sea faring people over Millennia? Possibly they had seen the first pyramids and took the ideas to Peru etc?
@@sedigives Correct Scott, the pursuit of truth is often found in the most amazing places. Science doesn't try to prove anything. It does the opposite. In fact the scientific method is designed to try to disprove current ideas. Remember that for centuries people thought that the earth was the centre of the universe and the sun, moon and planets revolved around earth? It may seem odd to us now but it was 'believed' until it was proven not to be true. A healthy dose of scepticism is a requirement of a curious mind. 👍
The man is well rehearsed, no doubt. But he knows nothing more about this place than the fake archeologists. He’s just repeating what he’s been paid to say. I carved my name near Mount Rushmore, I guess that means I built it. I’m the man!!
@@molometer to the regular uninformed person it would be bizarre, but to the more scientific history/archeological informed, it would be common sense. You can find many documentaries about its building periods and uses. You do have to weed out the academics who call themselves scientists and watch an actual investigator. Maybe start with Brien Foerster
@@beermerican I've seen Baalbek with my own eyes. This is the available observable evidence not speculation. I've seen videos on Baalbek that suggest giants or aliens built these temple's. All nonsense of course but hey why deal in facts when there is so much mileage in outlandish theories? As for the videos you suggest I have no opinion.
I love old megalithic buildings! This is the best video I've seen with the most information about this place. Might want to watch it on your TV or Bluetooth to a speaker or headphones because the volume is bad.
Hi Bradley and thanks for commenting. I've published the full subtitles in the closed captions. Also if played at a slower speed Hassan's comments are much clearer. English is a second language for him and he did a great job explaining the many artifacts and rituals.
Baalbek is a fascinating place with many areas still to be excavated.
Absolutely amazing ❤️🇱🇧
Hello Maggie, Baalbek temple is truly amazing. I'm glad you enjoyed it 🎥👍🏼
This man was my docent when I last visited Baalbek in 2009. He showed us a wonderful time. The ruins are as described. Also, the Bekaa Valley, though it looks arid, is a very fertile agricultural area with rich dark soil.
Hi Emil, Hassan is a very knowledgeable guide. He has been working at Baalbek for 40+ years and his father also worked there before him.
A great guy with many wonderful stories.
I was also surprised at just how fertile the Bekaa valley is. From the mountain tops it looks a little like a desert down in the valley as you mentioned it is full of crops and farmland.
Do you think you will ever visit Baalbek again? I'm planning another trip as soon as the pandemic is over. 😷👍
Thanks for leaving a comment Sandy,
Things are very difficult in Lebanon right now so I wouldn't advise going there.
When things settle down I will return as well.
As to contacting Hassan. That too is rather difficult at the moment.
You could try the Baalbek tourist board...assuming it is still operational which I doubt. The country is collapsing.
Shame it's a beautiful place.
@Sandy SE Yep things are pretty dire in Lebanon at the moment with not much happening to sort out the mess.
I visited for 5 weeks and traveled around Lebanon but still have so much that I would like to see and do.
It's a stunning country.
@Sandy SE Haha yes the traffic. Driving in Lebanon takes nerves of steel.
Next time I go to Lebanon I'm hoping to go scuba diving off the coast of Tire & Sidon. There is an entire city on the seabed that I want to film.
There are so many ancient sites still to explore. Many only known to the locals.
Luckily I have local contacts. 🎥👍
One of the best videos about the Baalbek temple complex that I have ever seen.
Thank you Mark, glad you enjoyed it. It's a stunning place.👍👍
I was born and raised in baalbeck the roman temples is amazing and very unusual. It's very safe for tourists so make it on your bucket list
Hey Jo, I agree. Baalbek is truly amazing and well worth a visit. I found the place perfectly safe and the people very welcoming.👍🌲
@Tyrone Koumoundouros originally belonged to who? Next you will be telly me the Egyptions built the Pyramids 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
No doubt, it is completely an ancient hindu civilization work. Look at the carvings. You can find such carvings any hindu temple in india.
Interesting observation. Good point. Hassan points out the various forms of symbolism.
Baalbek was a key trading location between the far East and the West.
Caravans would indeed come from as far away as China and India bringing all sorts of spices and trade goods along with religious and scientific ideas. 10:50
All the ancient world gathered in Baalbek.
hindu ? what a funny guy
Amazing video
Congratulations
Mr. Hassan was very polite and did his best.
I hope he is fine today
Have you ever seen him again after 2017?
Best regards
Rio Brazil
Thank you Eduardo, Hassan is a fountain of knowledge on Baalbek and the surrounding area. I have not been back to Lebanon since this trip. It's rather difficult to visit at this time.
I'm sure Hassan is fine. They live long lives in the region. 💯👍🏼
This place is fascinating. Thx for sharing the tour! 👍
+Angelia Phillips thanks for commenting Angelia. It was a fascinating place.
Listening to the guide talking about all those old Gods. The buildings themselves are very impressive and well worth the trip. He mentions Atlantis towards the end of the tour. Very mysterious.
Lol amazing, I have a picture of this man when he was my guide there in 2008. Great to see him in action again.
Hi Ryan, yeah he's been a guide for 40 years at Baalbek. His dad was also a guide before him. 👍
This was an amazing place. I could spend days there.
@109088324480676862562 They are massive. It is staggering to hear the explanation and the way he says it. So casual? Millions of slaves died in the construction!?. 😱
Move along folks... This guy is crazy 😲
Haha you think? It's quite a story to get your head around.
Great explanation 👍👍👍
Hi Sean and thanks for dropping in and leaving a comment.
It's an amazing place and mindbogglingly massive.
It's incredible what can be built with unlimited slave labour. 👍👍👍
really great to see inside like this - very interesting footage indeed - can i ask, would you mind if i took a few screen captures (a couple of secs at a time) to put into a vid i'm doing - I want to broach the topic of the huge foundation stones and whether or not the romans did it!
I don't know what RUclips would say if you were to use any clips as they are a bit hot on copyright issues right now.
Email me with your suggestions and maybe we can sort something out?
As for the foundation stones. The Romans built on top of an ancient existing structure built by the Phonecians as you can see from the various stone layers.
This is all ancient and far older than we know. Moved by giants
Giants?
Don't you think it is even more amazing when you 'know' that it was built by human slaves?
We do know exactly when each layer was built. Carbon dating is very accurate and doesn't rely on guesswork, superstition or opinions.
Conspiracy theorists love to make up sensationalist nonsense. It sells to a gullible public.
Giants....really? 😂😋😱
@@molometer sorry for the disillusion, but carbon dating is only accurate for sedimented carbon based living beings. Dating rocks through this method relies on a myth or unprofessional silent post. Layers of rocks can enhance sedimented living beings throughout the time, thus many archeologists commit the mistake of dating buildings on their latest found sedimented beings. This has nothing to do with conspirecy it is just simple science..
More like an ancient civilization of humans that had much greater knowledge of construction and mining then we do today, the Romans didn't built these monuments at all, the Colosseum was their biggest construction project and it was made of much smaller blocks weighting 3-5 tons while some of the stones that were still in the quarry for baalbek weighed up to an unimaginable 500 to 1,650 Tons at the most and they moved these things quite far considering their size, the foundation of the temple of Jupiter is insanely huge, your mind would be blown if all the soil were removed from the sides and you could see how far the stack blocks go down. Guy in video is just repeating what he been told, Romans likely inherited them and gave them names.
@@molometer
While I agree that invoking giants is some quite silly guesswork, your understanding of carbon dating, or lack thereof, is sillier yet.
@@liquidpza Each level or strata has organic materials that clearly show it's age via carbon dating.
What are you suggesting that is missing?
Please feel free to expand on your position.👍
Hi mate, why didn't the guide show you the large blocks on the outside wall? From an engineering perspective that's what interests me. You say "1400 ton" however you don't film any of the big boys?
Hi Kristian, the thumbnail photo was taken on the inside of one of the 1400 ton stones. Hassan explained in the video how they were moved into position and pointed out the holes made in the slabs that took the huge bronze bars that were used as anchor points for towing the slabs.
It is an incredible feat of engineering for sure even by today's standards.
Thanks for leaving a comment as it is very helpful to clarify these points.
There's plenty of videos out there that show the big ones but don't show any of the details or really give much history.
Historian of today sayin’ it does not make it so. “Normal” people did not put those things in place...no way.
There is a mountain of evidence that it was in fact built with 100's of 1,000's of slaves over 450 years. The temples that we see today were built on top of much older temples by other slaves no doubt. I know it is hard to believe but it makes sense when you see the place up close but don't let a silly thing like 'evidence' influence your thinking!? 😂😂😂👍
@@molometer slaves??? Gotta be joking 😂😂
@@alefosioveatupu8707 not fun for the slaves!?? 😱
@@molometer "there's a mountain of evidence" Please explain to me and my engineering professor how they moved the massive blocks on the foundation. If they are 'rolled' please explain how and what materials. Also these massive blocks were lifted over 20 feet high to their position. Please explain this "mountain of evidence"
@@malikmardini9191 All the evidence is explained in the video. Take a look.👍
This place looks like it was torn apart and put back together a hundred times.
Hi Sallad Z. You are correct. It has been rebuilt and torn apart many times. 😨😵😱😷😂👍
Reconstruction.
Many times in fact.
“Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Whose height was like the height of the cedars, And he was as strong as the oaks; Yet I destroyed his fruit above And his roots beneath."
The Cedars are now a protected species of tree as they have been over harvested by builders down the years. Right back to these earliest days.
I feel that^where is this written? Ty🦋
There is NO way tiny little man placed these unimaginably
Heavy stones here, much less TIGHTLY fitted those MASSIVE
STONES together with such precision!
Hi Ray, I'd be interested to know what your explanation is? Because the place is definitely there and if you look very carefully you will see that the stones were often left rough hewn? Not precise at all.
Especially in the tunnels under the temple complex? 👍
@@molometer Ahh, my good man, you are forgetting about
the numerous Sites where ENORMOUS Stones are found,
Precisely cut and placed so PERFECTLY one upon another
in a sequence NOBODY can explain. And most cases, these
Megalithic Stones were quaried, then transported a consid-
erable distance to their resting place. No man. I will not
even waste my time debating about this. The evidence
of Giants in our distant past is Overwhelming. Besides,
Why is it so hard to accept this truth?
So, whatever reply you come up with will simply be ignored.
There are plenty of RUclips channels you can visit to do
further study...And plenty of people to debate.
Thank you.
Thanks for your illuminating comment.
@@molometer My pleasure.
"Seek, and ye shall find..."
I believe all the stone structures in Baalbek must have been created anew. No old existing stones were used. To create new stones, I meant ancient people had used cement concrete. Under such a belief, no impossible missions were performed.
On the other hand, if we believe that ancient people used existing old stones, we also believe that ancient people would have performed many impossible missions. They would have quarried heavier and bigger stones, some weighing heavier than 2000 tonnes, cut them to smaller stones, carved them to shape, transported them for long distances, lifted them up to build walls.
Which belief is more believable? Which is more likely to be accomplished?
You are correct. The Baalbek temple complex we see on the surface today was built from new stone from a nearby quarry 2000 years ago.
Some of the huge columns were brought it from other places.
@@molometer : You did not distinguish the new and old. By new, it means there was no stone, and a new stone was created from zero mass. By old, it means those stones that have existed on earth for trillions of years.
Therefore all the stones you meant were old existing stones; none was new.
Another distinction is the source. To create new stone, ancient people used cement concrete as source. To use old stones, ancient people did not use cement concrete; they quarried from a bedrock.
The fate of ancient people was determined by modern people. Do you think it fair?
@@legpol By new stone I mean newly cut stone from the nearby quarry. Have you ever visited Baalbek? You seem to have a strong opinion on it's construction.
Fyi
The Earth is estimated to be approimately 4.54 billion years old. Not trillions as you mentioned.
I'm aware of the use of concrete from this era.
What are your thoughts on how this temple complex was built? All theories are worth examining closely. 👍🏼
@@molometer : Okay, thank you for the age of the earth; it is only 4.54 billion years old. As a consequence, any stone from any bedrock will be about 4.54 billion years old. They cannot be new when compared with the stones created in Baalbek.
Yes, I have a strong opinion on the construction of all the stones in Baalbek. I believe those stones were new stones created with cement concrete. My belief is based on very good evidence. And the evidence can be viewed on videos any time without any personal visit to the stones.
Although sandstone can be described as bedrock it is much younger than other forms of rock like granite.
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock which is made by deposition over millennia. It can be very old but not as old as other more ancient rocks.
Sandstone is actually very good for making cement.
Baalbek Lebanon is a magnificent place! The megalithic stones were created before the great flood of Noah! I'm not sure how they did it but I do know that primitive man could not construct this then lift it and place it with such Precision! There's no way in Antiquity primitive man but they've been able to do this! Modern man can't do this in my Derma T! I believe this was constructed in what some called Atlantis
Hi Marcos, there are many conflicting theories about the construction of Baalbek and in fact the guide himself mentioned in the video that the CIA had been to the ruins investigating connections to Atlantis?
I asked Hassan what they were looking for and he said that he didn't know?
Very weird but that's exactly what he says in the video?
Read about the Thunder Stone weighing 1,500 tons that was moved to St. Petersburg in 1768 under Catherine the Great. It was moved on rail tracks while the ground was frozen.
@@markcorreale8495 I haven't heard about the thunder stone but according to Hassan many large stones were taken to build the Hagia Sofia mosque in Turkey!?
@Kev It was reduced in size for the monument that was created. Read about it.
@@molometer , Hagia Sophia was built by Christians in fourth and sixth centuries (built, destroyed, and rebuilt) and became the largest cathedral in eastern Roman Imperial Constantinople (Byzantine empire). In 1453 Constantinople fell to the Ottoman empire and they converted it to a mosque. It is considered to be a major work of architecture, but I am unaware of comparable megalithic stone work.
He and his family and actually half the city have been looting stone for their houses for a thousand years..
You forgot to mention Hagia Sophia
If you believe that men moved those stone blocks, then you also believe that men can physically move the Sun and put it where they want....
Basic Physics's Craig, indeed if we had a big enough lever we could move the Sun too.
Due to the scale of the blocks, etc..., we would be incapable of harnessing the Physic's necessary.
@@craigjoseph9374 Not true. I've been to this place and have seen with my own eyes the marks where the stones were cut.
The holes they bored where they placed thick bronze bars to drag them along.
When you have unlimited slave labour and a few hundred years. It's not difficult at all to build places like Baalbek or the pyramids for that matter.
The largest stones seem impossible to move but they did it...just a few centimeters a day.
I believe you, I have seen them as well. We, in our current era, with ALL of the technology that we have, cannot replicate those structures. There are flat cuts on the tops of some of those stones which are incomprehensible due to their width and length, and there are no saw marks visible. These structures were not built by men.
@@craigjoseph9374 Again totally false assumption. We do have plenty of technology that could move these stones easily.
As for the fine details on the stones 'no cut marks' take a look at the work of stonemasons even today.
Stonemasons use the same tools today that were available back then and can still produce totally flat surfaces.
If humans didn't build this place... Who did?
All these ancient monolithic architectural structures are from the first earth age!!
Hi Cynthia, that's an interesting statement. I haven't heard of it before? Can you give us an explanation of first earth age? 👍
The Romans did not build this. Why would they build on such a massive scale here, and not in their own capital cities? There is obvious evidence of much older ancient construction than any that may have occurred during Roman times. Thousands of years prior to Roman rule.
Baalbek was a very important city to the Romans as it is on the silk road for trade between China and Europe.
This is not the only example of massive Roman buildings outside of Rome. There are numerous examples in Britain, Libya and north Africa.
Check out Sfax in Tunisia. Second Largest ampithetre in the world. It's huge.
How the hell did they set these in place?!?!? ( 22:24 )
With a lot of slave labour from all across the Roman Empire.
They used the same building methods as the great pyramids. There is a drawing showing the method in the video. 02:10 👍
@@molometer Trust me brother, I have studied the great pyramid extensively and it was built hundreds of thousands of years earlier and every other one built was a cheap imitation. There are barnacles and sea urchins encrusted into the crevices 0of the mid-height of the structure establishing that it at one point was half-submerged in sea water for a Looooong time.
@@molometer true the Romans did much of it.. but they did not built the stones were they built the temple of Jupiter on it. These megaliths were already there. As much of our known history, there has much been claimed and re used.
Why were the CIA interested?
Atlantis as I recall. Hassan mentioned it! 👍
Why is no one mentioning the GIANT solid rock laying at an angle @ 14:26
Well spotted Gregory. Great observation. I hadn't noticed it until you pointed it out. Thanks 👏👏👍
@@molometer And as well, what about the one standing straight up to the direct left of it! Why has no one mentioned these objects before?
P.S. Thank you Molometer
for this amazing video!
Good question Gregory. Maybe they don't want to see reality as it conflicts with their patently unsupportable theories?
Thank you Gregory for your comments and great observation skills.
I'm looking forward to going back to Baalbek some day.
The guy said elephants and slave ,please where is burial site of 🐘 and slaves in balbeck ?
Good question. It appears that the slaves/workers were housed near the quarry. They are still excavating the site and elephant bones have been found. 👍
✌I'm out...
Okay thanks 👍😋
say. concrete. Greek concrete. say Heliopolis Heliopolis Heliopolis
Didn't the Romans invent concrete?
The place where the leader of the fallen angel imprisoned
There are many defaced God's at Baalbek as different civilizations passed through.
From the Pagans to the Phoenicians, Byzantines to the Romans
and most recently the Muslims.
Each new religious movement has adopted the ceremonies, feast days and sacrifices of the previous religion.
Baalbek is a testament to the persistence of religion in the minds of some humans. Even though the evidence is right before them.
They still 'believe in a God?'
sick people here. don't know what they saying. hello
Very strange and interesting. Eccentric? 😂👍
The baby is getting too much sun 13:46
He was super cool in his little life explorer sun shade 😎😂👍
The trilithon is amazing! To amazing. Where they rest, next to them are much smaller stones and fill a space on one side for example, the size of one of those 1 Thousand Ton blocks and another at a corner of the base 30 of 40 yards away, and possibly more, at the same time, between the quarry and site is one of those city bus size blocks and at the quarry are two possibly three more almost completed. So there's no way on Earth they made too many, or filled in with much smaller blocks and leave all this worked stone behind, especially near completed and completed left halfway to the site? and the site has been altered many times. Never before has a 1,000 ton block been cut and moved and we have six of them right here. This is one of many incomplete sites! Most have no Historical claims. Like the Mayans said They are from the Gods and were always here? The aging surfaces make some of these stones 10's of Thousands of years old. We keep finding new sites, at this rate, they'll have to claim we had 20 Billion people back then to do all of this. It's so easy to see the great megalithic work, under Roman work! Embarrassing for those pushing insanity and attacking anyone suggesting other views! Just that in it self tells you everything period!
You are right. There are many conflicting. 'opinions' but the evidence is right there in front of our eyes.
These massive stone blocks are man made and were moved.
How they were moved is pretty obvious to see but some people have other views.
Some of which sound implausible? 👍
@kev you are right in thinking that the Romans built on top of existing foundations.
That is the accepted view by many archeologists.
The Romans also built the massive coliseum in Sfax in Tunisia.
There is a theory that suggests that all the pyramids globally were built by a group of sea faring people over Millennia? Possibly they had seen the first pyramids and took the ideas to Peru etc?
@@molometer Their are more then one possibility and to close the argument and say this is it, is not Science.
@@sedigives Correct Scott, the pursuit of truth is often found in the most amazing places.
Science doesn't try to prove anything. It does the opposite.
In fact the scientific method is designed to try to disprove current ideas.
Remember that for centuries people thought that the earth was the centre of the universe and the sun, moon and planets revolved around earth?
It may seem odd to us now but it was 'believed' until it was proven not to be true.
A healthy dose of scepticism is a requirement of a curious mind. 👍
Your best guess and I don't buy it.
Thanks for your comment. What don't you buy?
All build by the tartatian empire. All other history is a lie.
Thanks for the comment. 👍
@@molometer Your very welcome. Keep swallowing the narrative.
The man is well rehearsed, no doubt. But he knows nothing more about this place than the fake archeologists. He’s just repeating what he’s been paid to say. I carved my name near Mount Rushmore, I guess that means I built it. I’m the man!!
Thanks for your uninformed comment.
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@@molometer I’m much more informed then you are considering you fell for the mans speech.
Where is your evidence for your bizarre accusations?
@@molometer to the regular uninformed person it would be bizarre, but to the more scientific history/archeological informed, it would be common sense. You can find many documentaries about its building periods and uses. You do have to weed out the academics who call themselves scientists and watch an actual investigator. Maybe start with Brien Foerster
@@beermerican I've seen Baalbek with my own eyes. This is the available observable evidence not speculation.
I've seen videos on Baalbek that suggest giants or aliens built these temple's.
All nonsense of course but hey why deal in facts when there is so much mileage in outlandish theories?
As for the videos you suggest I have no opinion.