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Ichingcarpenter

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Sun Jul 20, 2014, 05:54 AM Jul 2014

New Megalith Discovered at Baalbek Stone Quarry, Lebanon

For years, historians and archaeologists have absolutely marveled at the incredibly huge stones found at Baalbek. But more stones seem to be found. Needless to say, a lot of people are getting very excited about this discovery.

The recent surveys by Janine Abdel Massih and her team of UL on the hill Sheikh Abdallah, 800 meters from the Roman ruins of Baalbek, discovered a bigger and more massive stone than the Hajar al-Hibla monolith. Until recently, it was buried in a few feet of dirt, and measures 19.6 meters long, six meters wide and 5.5 meters thick. "Because we have not yet reached the bottom of the rock to be completely cleared, “Janine Abdel Massih said, we have no idea of the volume or complete dimension of this ancient stone."

Notes: What is impressive is the highly accurate cutting of the stonework.

More photos of the Megalith;
http://glamroz.com/newly-found-meghalitic-stone-in-baalbeck/


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New Megalith Discovered at Baalbek Stone Quarry, Lebanon (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Jul 2014 OP
I always wanted to say thank you Ichingcarpenter for your wonderful posts... nenagh Jul 2014 #1
Thanks for bringing this discovery here. So glad to hear about it, hope for more. n/t Judi Lynn Jul 2014 #2

nenagh

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1. I always wanted to say thank you Ichingcarpenter for your wonderful posts...
Sun Jul 20, 2014, 08:27 AM
Jul 2014

especially now that I've found the Anthropology group..

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