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Ancient Aliens learned from US! (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by PugJesus to c/roughromanmemes

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[–] PugJesus 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I almost don't blame ancient alien loons for Baalbek. Those stones are something else.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

They are truly massive, but what's are missed or often falsely contradicted are a few important points:

They were quarried about half a mile away.

We know that because there are even larger blocks that cracked and were abandoned from being fully excavated, in said quarry, dated to the same time period.

Also, the quarry was uphill of the Temple site, meaning they had to move them downhill, not uphill as Ancient Aliens claims.

Yes, it would have been a serious accomplishment in engineering, but not impossible given the Roman's understanding of construction technology.