the colossial stones are an engaging
problem, indeed.
among the sites i visited was this one
www.geocities.com...
which offers critiques & alternative viewpoints along with the facts
and photos all around the baalbek structures.
i found that there's several quarries which are only hundreds of yards away
~
as opposed to the distances being measured in miles or parts of miles, which one finds in the promotional material=designed to astound you~
perhaps the 'sandstone' megalith, was itself quarried in place, and made to look like individual, massive & colossal stones fitted together??
....remember, there's the magical significance of
three...as in
those three 300-800-even 1000 ton blocks (the estimated weights vary a lot) which form a wall of sorts.
maybe a pagan culture found a sandstone deposit, which generally formed a horseshoe type of shape....the goddess priestly class had only to have the
craftsmen quarry the rough formation into 'blocks' which appeared to have been masoned or architectured into place....and then only a
eastern wall had to be quarried and moved into place so as to form the
Temple
~you are aware that a 'Temple' is only a walled in area, which is open to the heavens/sky~ don't you?
the massive 1200 ton quarried stone, some 1/2 mile away, (see photo)i think was quarried there for the purpose of leading people to believe that it
was going to be moved into place as part of the structure (which was in actuality a Temple area)
which was later filled in, and became the 'foundation' of the later Roman Temple which was later built on the site.
i do not try to substantuate these speculations, i only offer them because others have hinted that this might be plausable...& i agree.
I also found it interesting that local legend has it that the people along with the biblical Cain were the one's that 1st created that
proto-religious temple site at baalbek...Lebanon
hey, i'm no scholar or writer....just a storyteller
and the idea of using gravity
& the idea of just having the outside fascade
appear precisely engineered
are two other qualities that have merit & substance...thanks!
& may your NewYear be rewarding