Baalbek: the largest cut stones in human history are still in the quarry and Rome couldn't have done this

Lebanon doesn't get enough coverage here so let me fix that. The Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek sits on a platform called the Grand Terrace. The lower courses of the platform — not the Roman temple, the PLATFORM IT SITS ON — contain the Trilithon: three stones each weighing around 800 tons. Positioned……