Stood at the Baalbek quarry next to the Stone of the Pregnant Woman. Felt sick.

Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. Everyone knows the Roman Temple of Jupiter up top — Heliopolis. The thing that doesn't compute is the podium underneath it: the Trilithon. Three single blocks, each about 19m long and ~800 tons, raised and slotted into a wall course several meters off the ground. Already absur……