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« on: February 14, 2011, 01:21:13 PM » |
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Not very 'Arty', but interesting.
The temple of Jupiter, in Baalbeck.
The three longest blocks are over 800 tons each, perfectly squared off. Apparently they could be cut today, but no one could lift them into place.
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BikerGran
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« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2011, 06:58:53 PM » |
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Also interesting - where IS Baalbeck?
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You don't stop havin fun because you get old - you get old if you stop havin fun!
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« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2011, 07:29:12 PM » |
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Amazing what can be achieved with a few thousand slaves eh  |
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« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2011, 07:38:32 PM » |
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« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2011, 07:41:16 PM » |
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« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2011, 07:43:04 PM » |
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Want to turn the whole driveway at the back of the house into one workshop. Last time I measured it was 22 foot x 12 foot
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« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2011, 08:38:56 PM » |
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Knicked from Wiki.
Baalbek (Arabic: بعلبك) is a town in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, altitude 1,170 metres (3,840 ft), situated east of the Litani River. It is famous for its exquisitely detailed yet monumentally scaled temple ruins of the Roman period, when Baalbek, then known as Heliopolis, was one of the largest sanctuaries in the Empire. It is Lebanon's greatest Roman treasure, and it can be counted among the wonders of the ancient world. It contains the largest and most noble Roman temples ever built, and they are among the best preserved.
The site I was looking at is all about objects and places which don't fit in with established history.
Apparently the romans built the temple on top of the much older blocks (below the white line) which had been there for a long time. To back this up they say that the big foundation stones are more eroded than the smaller upper stones, which should not happen if they were all laid at the same time.
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« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2011, 09:11:51 PM » |
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Oh well if you'd said Heliopolis in the first place...........
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« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2011, 06:17:17 PM » |
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Where?
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« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2011, 06:24:00 PM » |
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« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2011, 08:15:16 PM » |
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I thought it was where the Police in (flyng) choppers came from.....  (I'll get me coat....) |
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« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2011, 09:02:46 AM » |
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it looks bigger in water ! !
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« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2011, 03:51:32 PM » |
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ahhh Bekaa Valley of the very small people  |
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« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2011, 12:26:05 PM » |
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I thought that Heliopolis was where helicopters are made.
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Confucius say woman who flies upside down has crack up!
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Where did that 13mm spanner go then?
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