Awesome as always, sir. The pit of my stomach yearns to know what we were actually like 12k+ years ago. To go back and see this stuff in its original glory is my true life wish.
They dissolved/shredded the stone which enabled them to transport it from far away quarries to the places of construction. There it was poured into forms along chemicals to let it harden in place. This was replicated for limestone already: th-cam.com/video/znQk_yBHre4/w-d-xo.html . The secret is the chemical formula for some of the stones.
Here I sit, in my living room, drinking a fine ale while watching you at Baalbek. Thank you Brien. One day I will be on a hidden inca tour! I'm happy with Peru but I'd love to tour Petra with one of your groups. In the meantime, thanks again for your continued series of daily videos and images. You are very appreciated.
Walter Palmer We can clearly see that this is manmade just like the Pantheon and the remaining western wall of the second temple of God but what do you think about Stonehenge and those on Easter Island? Those dont look like they are built by humans.
@Nobody Knows Thanks. I still think these mindblowing megalithic structures around the world on land and underwater are possibly made by non humans. Possibly giants on ancient days. ;)
Thank you for sharing this mesmerizing footage. Never before have I had such an impression of being there. Often I wish I could live 1000 years just to keep on exploring the many mysteries of our world and existence. Thanks again for this upload.
Amazing stuff....the first shot with the column is more than enough to prove a large powerful lathe was used....in ancient times.....I still cannot understand why it is not mainstream- we have been very industrial in the distant past. We are in modern times just playing at it. The ancient society have done it all before, and bigger and better. Cheers
At 4:00 you can see the same distinct scraping or raking marks used to shape and hew the stone that is seen in Petra, ancient Palestine, and Egypt. The same technology implemented and likely the same period of (pre)history as well. Incredible. Cheers and thank you Brien.
They had electricity. There’s a battery design far older than Baghdad battery from India. It’s like 4K years old. What the tool was is the mystery but they def had electricity.
Its my obsession to travel in your footsteps, altho i could never aford any of these trips i certainly appreciate being able to watch your videos, keep up the good work,
@PATCHY PAUL REVERE 1776 Revere YES OUR TRUE PATH HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM HUMANITY BY ABRAHAMIC ZEALOTS & MILITANT LEFTISTS. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH JEWS OR FATHER SATAN!!!
Goddamn, I hate the internet. Maybe amnesia is preferable to knowing what every attention-starved keyboard warrior thinks. But yeah, we've definitely lost the vast majority of historical data; that's the natural course, and it takes a lot of energy and oversight to alter the course.
Such incredible closeup and detailed footage. Thank you Brian for taking us along with you. Me, being a powerchair user, could never go there myself and see these magnificent sites in person. Your closeup filming is the next best thing. Thank you. So incredibly fascinating!
Great footage. I feel the fact that the pillars were turned reveals to us the abilities the ancients had to scale things up. The cedar wood of Lebanon was exceptionally strong for example, as a material for potential lathe/crane machinery - was frequently shipped to Egypt. @5.29 - the marks that were similar to what you proposed were machined earlier - when I was a stonemason/waller I had a tool that left these marks - called a scutch hammer. You can also get comb chisels which can be wider - so could be this? The perfectly flat, bevelled edges / sides to the joins allow for the stones to be butted up tightly without mortar. You mentioned porphyry in a previous vid. Pliny talks of pillars being made in the quarry (in Egypt iirc) to any size...not to say it was the Romans who did that necessarily - maybe an interesting site to visit for clues?
They used lathes for wood; it wasn't an exotic technique. It stands to reason they were smart enough to set up a stone column up on a large lathe. That said, hand finishing a stone pillar of this sort takes a long time, long enough to check it, measure it and make corrections before erecting. It doesn't need high-tech.
@@trentcarroll9445 If not machine work, then what because it weren't done with a rock and a piece of sandpaper like they want you to believe. I bet if you measured the radius of those round pillars, there wouldn't be a tenth of and inch difference from top to bottom. Do you know how impossible that is. We can't do it.
Baalbek is one of the best examples of a lost or pre civilization in the world. I have traveled to Egypt 3 different times in my life and you can see some of the same construction styles there they used large blocks of stone to create there sites and structures. You can’t get that with just a few copper tools rollers and a lot of man power 😒🙄😔.... IT’S TOTALLY TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE 🤔. These people were supposedly Bronze Age people working out PERFECTLY FITTING BLOCKS OF STONE. That in itself should prove Baalbek it more ancient then we are told by so called “experts” 🤬🤬.............
Do you think the archaic human stay in caves and hunt deer for 300.000 years? With same brain size as modern humans ??? And as we build this civilization in 2000 years Hell no, they wore in the past civilizations that wore way more advanced then ours and at one point auto destroyed themselves and start over
@@iulianispas8634 We are much more advanced then prior civilizations regarding technology. Creating big stone buildings is a great feat but nowhere near as advanced as we are today. Obviously. Of course you fanatasize that ancient moved into space and used lasers and whatever but there's no evidence for it.
@Golden Frog According to Graham Hancock the Roman’s we’re able to move 350 ton stones....... according to Graham Hancock 🤔. If Roman era builders were moving around 350 ton stones we would see bigger stones at Baalbek, but at most the stones we see from Roman times around that area is maybe 50 tons. Also why don’t we see larger stones built all around the former Roman Empire 🤔? The Roman era builders were able to do great construction work, but I don’t see a much of Romans building something one the scale we see at Baalbek. I think they would have put themselves through that trouble only if it was for the Roman capital Rome.
Brien thank you for showing us more of the temple of Jupiter. My Lebanese friends have told me that there is more than what has previously been shown on other videos. Very cool.
So, all this begs a question: what happened to all that machinery, vanished without a trace, melted? In my mind this is one of the biggest mysteries. Thanks Brien for posting these videos. If it wasn't for your videos I wouldn't know what I know about ancient civilization and other.
Not one buried metal machine . Makes me wonder if they even used machines or if thousands of years people took apart machine and sold it during hard times.but still nothing like that is found
Yes, I didn't think about oxidation and other elements which would turn all that machinery into rust then dust. This would make sense. So many unknown in this mind boggling world we live in 🙉. Thanks for the replies guys 👍
Nobody Knows I'm at this same point, but it's hard to believe that iron or bronze tools were used to carve these huge granite columns or those megalithic structures with such precision. It would take forever to do it. Another question would be why? Why did they build such humongous structures? How did they transport those huge 1000 tons blocks of stone? Well, it's really perplexing but I'm not going to lose sleep over it. It sure is interesting. Thanks for chiming in.
Thanks for the great footage Brien, this site is more than impressive. The Romans actually have some quite stunning and very heavy granit obelisk in their capitol, which were all brought back from Egypt... The largest one in Italy was originally 455 tons, these Romans bastard had to break this masterpiece in three sections to take it back to Rome, that's says a lot. To see this piece today with the cross on top is total joke, what a shame. Thanks again, your work is much appreciated, Peace.
Still amazing! How can anyone cut such large stones so accurately? Is this really all about poured concrete or molded clay? Some huge piece to this puzzle is still missing!
Lebanon is my country. I am very proud to have these archeological sites that are amazing. We receive lot of tourists in our country who come exclusively to visit these sites. Lebanon contains many sites such as Byblos, Tyr and many others. I am proud of my country. It is a beautiful country, its nature is breathtaker, the climate is wonderful and people are friendly. Thank you for your video.
Brian. at 2:51 isnt that signs of layering of the pillars? Ancient people seems to have know very well about granite geopolymer. But its always overlooked in every video.
Exactly! They poured the geopolymer into a frame on the bottom and waited until it cured/hardened, then removed the form and placed the form atop of it. Quiet logical.. The problem is that people start to imagine giant machinery and laser type and anti gravity high technology when they see these stones missing the simplest explanation.
@@jenshansen2766 yes, i have seen some good photos of the column in st petersburg with different "levels" of colouring. To put things in correct chronology, we should probably be very aware of the different techniques, in what order it is reconstructed and restored. Baalbek seems to have so many reconstructed times in the past. I am not sure any of the reconstruction actually is "roman". The roman style seems to be among the large eroded blocks and with the "cataclysm damage level" 4:11 6:33 10:22
@@ericpilkington6298 Like in south America the smaller stones on top are most probably the most recent a.k.a inca and roman times.. They clearly didn't have the means and motivation to create the huge stones. If they had we would've reports about it. They probably brute force moved some stones around with "cranes". The ancient builders might've never broke a sweat beyond transporting some cups of dissolved stones pouring them in groups into the casts.
If you pause it at 10:42 you can see right in the middle what looks like two large stones behind concrete. So does that means those 3 large megalithic stones arent really 3 large stones but just many small ones covered with concrete on the outside?
Do you think if the ancients came into our time and looked at our bridges, sky scrapers, technology, industrial revolution, medical, advancements do you think they would be proud?
@@goldnotwoodya8449 NO! I think they would be proud of all the religious wars, the failed medical system, the corrupt monetary system, and the pollution of our minds and our planet.
This is why I cant't accept any religion existing today that give their own explanation of the world. It's obvious that so much is unknown to us yet and we should focus on learning about that.
At 6:53 there’s a shot of a stone pillar with a mosaic pattern at its base, I’m assuming this is a repair and possibly made prior to the pillar being turned, what’s the bonding agent used in the repair and could this be dated?
Such a great video and explanation, it´s the first time I´ve ever heard that there was another unknown civilization thousands of years before the Romans...and there is clear evidence of that, like all I wish this could be explained as soon as possible.
the very large stones: they are so rough and flaky in comparison to the columns. someone mentioned they might have been poored like concrete or geopolymer but if that were the case they should have degraded by now. has there been any tests done to find out their exact composition?
@@mgentleman1 that makes sense, thanks for the info. since the limestone is softer, is it safe to assume the blocks were once smooth and then estimate the age of the blocks from the rate that it flakes?
Sureley you have seen the Pantheon in Rome, the same granite pillars, maybe bigger and the remains of the Diocletian baths. I visited a couple of years ago and couldn't believe the scale for 1 piece columns. I can't see how they could be so accurate done by hand, must have surely been done on some kind of lathe like you say.
Dakota yep, plastic falls apart after a few hundred years. Now, cut a natural formation of granite and the tool marks tell a story of intelligent beings.
@@keezer4346 but only into tinier and tinier pieces. if the next "civilization", provided this one collapses, invents microscopes they'd know. they'd ask why there was a spike in CO2 at this time too. they'd find remains of steel and elemental aluminium (which doesn't occur in nature). We've produced a lot of trash and waste, and tools and architecture that would be found by someone. They'd find radioactive elements by nuclear weapons testing, etc. read this part, and the part below. it's quite fascinating en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropocene#Geomorphology
What was the square holes at time marker 4:57 used for ? Drainage ? I had subscribed to your channel once before ! But some how it was deleted from my listings of channels ! Not sure why a lot of my channels that I use to watch had been deleted !
All I can say is “Wow!” Next time you get back it would be nice to take drone footage to get an overview of the area. Thanks so much for sharing this. I am truly amazed.
Not l dont think so. In thousands and thousands of years steel, concrete and plastic will be all gone. The men of the future will still be watching just megalithic stones, the real time machines.
What is behind the metal doors or iron bars at time marker 7:32 ? I know that I'm asking a lot of questions ! But I love learning about the past ! At one time when I was young I wanted to be an Archaeologist ! Now I'm 64 and haven't done much Archaeology stuff !
It's amazing to see these creations! What are the small holes dotted randomly along the sides of the 800 tonne megalithic stones? Were they to help move them or for something else?
What type of material would the chuck have to be locking into the granite pilar and how big would that machine be, and what happened to all those machines?
Another mind expanding watch at 6 AM with my coffee,,Had to jump in and out to walk the dog and laundry though..The multiple Lathe mounts I was wondering if we've seen that before?
Did they have bearings? How did a lathe shaft rotate with such huge weight attached? And what powered the machine? is it possible for a lathe to still exist?
Amazing Brien! I have turned metal on the lathe and being a cabinetmaker for many years I've turned countless pieces of wood. But these mega huge granite columns are mind blowing. Actually I have turned some small stones on the lathe but soft stone. The size of columns and stones is breath taking to say the least. I wonder if we have any type of lathe today that could handle a huge stone as these. High tech, no question here! Thank You Most Kindly Brien! Love, Light and Peace to You and you Family! DaveyJO in Pa.
@@paulnelson3096 But how large were these giants? 9 ft? 12 ft? 20 ft? Did they coexist alongside regular humans in the same society or are these ruins of giant culture exclusively?
@@forgottencreation that is a good question,i believe the bibles record of man and giants once living together,started in genesis 6.the smithsonian institution having been covering it up for decades,because it goes against there theory of evolution.these giants probally had there own clans,
@@paulnelson3096 Thanks for replying. My own research has shown that they were likely the Nephalim in the Bible etc. but what puzzles me most is how they have disappeared. Logic would dictate that in pre-gunpowder ages giants would have been dominant fighters compared to us small little men, especially during the stone and bronze ages. Either they were not healthy enough to keep numbers high or they were always rare people. I believe they were people though, not some alien or fallen angel hybrid etc. I wish the stupid darwinists would just let us know the truth.
That is amazing. No mortar, and those stones were PERFECTLY cut to fit one another. And they were able to hold that entire structure. And still stands today. Clearly high technology
We literally moved a rock of 1500 tons during the 1700s called the Thunder Stone. It was moved by manpower, rollers, and capstans. Later it was transported by barge up the Neva River to St. Petersburg. Moving the stone required 400 men and took nine months, during which time master stone-cutters continuously shaped the enormous granite monolith. You do not require advanced machinery to do this, you just need the right group of men who have the will power and the passion to do it.
Your point is well made. However, if the science is correct, this structure pre-dates the pyramids which means that it was constructed at a time before metal tools or even metal itself was discovered. They would not have had levers, pulleys or even the wheel at their disposal. The advanced technology of the 1700's would have been unknown to them. Not saying it couldn't be done, just that it would have been incredibly diffcult to do. And they didn't just do it once they did it dozens of times.
unfortunately sliding a rock a few miles along frozen flat ground is not the same challenge as lifting it up into the air. the largest single stone ever _lifted_ on record was ~400 tons and used modern machinery.
It's mind blowing how big they are. Lost technology? Giants? You can see the cataclysmic damage as well. I wish we can find out the answer of how it was possible. I also believe they are over 12,000 years old. Thank you so much Brian as always!
Exactly! Cause there were not "tools".. Most probably chemicals that dissolved the stones and then "glued" them together.. if you check this you will at least see how they created the stones for the pyramids: th-cam.com/video/znQk_yBHre4/w-d-xo.html
Something that often gets overlooked in these discussions is why they built with such huge stones. Most cultures around the world used much smaller stones because they were easier to make and transport. The only reason for using such colossal stones is that for them it wasn't that diffcult and they could manage it with only a little more effort than the smaller stones.
They had the means, motive and manpower to work big quarries and operations while having the idea to build grandios buildings for the gods and their kings. Realistically it wasn't of such a good use for daily life. We can do similar stuff with concrete and other geopolymers but have no reason to "waste" resources like that. They found some way to dissolve the stone with strength or chemicals and then harden and glue it back together where they wanted. For some stones like limestone it was already replicated. The chemical composition is the the secret..
Jens Hansen that walls are much older than 10.000. You measure things from the perspective of a 1,8m man in 2019. Imagine that there were times when avrege people had 4m. From theyr perspective is perfect fine to build big and it s much easyer because all the things you use are on a large scale. For example if you are 4m, you need a bigger car who was a bigger power etc.
@@focsavictor8941 Sorry, no, that's a logical fallacy. Churches and many other buildings are today build as if it's for giants too. I guess if a cataclysm hits us people in 1000 years will say the burj Khalifa was build by 500m tall people. No direct evidence at all of giants.
Jens Hansen there are alot of skelets remaining and alot of stories in different cultures around the globe from hindu to the bible. Search for giant skeleton in Bucegi(found in my country). Today with all technology we can lift a 1200 tones stone but we cannot move it long distances cause there are only two ultilages than can lift that weight, one in Usa and one in Uk and there are immobile. People did impresive things in the past and if we had only one site build at large scale it was not a problem, but we have around the world.
The same technique that built this site originally was also present at construction of the “temple of Bastet”. You can see it clearly on the granite column work with the lathe holes. Imagine a vertical lathe that could whittle granite! Impressive.
As the stones are Geo polymer they were poured into some type of form, maybe wooden. You see similar stuff when we pour silicone and similar into forms today.
At 4:05 look at the different angles of the gouging, or scraping marks from the stones next to each other, but then they may have cut them to fit later?
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Thank you for sharing your videos of these ancient sites. People like me who can't travel REALLY appreciate it. Great footage!
🚲 If you ask me, this beats travelling.
The best and detailed close ups I've seen so far, thanks.
Thank You for the fresh view of this magnificent complex, Brien.
Can't stop looking at your videos! Please keep them coming!
Awesome as always, sir. The pit of my stomach yearns to know what we were actually like 12k+ years ago. To go back and see this stuff in its original glory is my true life wish.
this is the best baalbek footage ive seen anywhere so far. thanks for sharing
Their stonework is magnificent, but how they transported and placed them is mind boggling.
They dissolved/shredded the stone which enabled them to transport it from far away quarries to the places of construction. There it was poured into forms along chemicals to let it harden in place. This was replicated for limestone already: th-cam.com/video/znQk_yBHre4/w-d-xo.html . The secret is the chemical formula for some of the stones.
Jens Hansen why would there be hairline cracks if its molded like plastic?
@@yanyannyaany yeah, not exactly like plastic, more like concrete which will crack too under pressure/earthquakes.
@Nobody Knows Why so unhinged? It's just rocks and surely not "high tech" rocks.
@Nobody Knows They are not exactly concrete and I made that clear. Just a similar process compared to "high technology".
Here I sit, in my living room, drinking a fine ale while watching you at Baalbek. Thank you Brien. One day I will be on a hidden inca tour! I'm happy with Peru but I'd love to tour Petra with one of your groups. In the meantime, thanks again for your continued series of daily videos and images. You are very appreciated.
These ancient megalithic builds defy comprehension. Staggering.
Walter Palmer We can clearly see that this is manmade just like the Pantheon and the remaining western wall of the second temple of God but what do you think about Stonehenge and those on Easter Island? Those dont look like they are built by humans.
None None Oh you have complicated mind? 😁 You are so smart? Then explain more.
@Nobody Knows How did they make such strong thick ropes that did not rip apart with all that tugging and dragging?
@Nobody Knows Thanks. I still think these mindblowing megalithic structures around the world on land and underwater are possibly made by non humans. Possibly giants on ancient days. ;)
@@wem-c9f to bad it was builded by humans but with advanced technology.
Thank you for sharing this mesmerizing footage. Never before have I had such an impression of being there. Often I wish I could live 1000 years just to keep on exploring the many mysteries of our world and existence. Thanks again for this upload.
Amazing stuff....the first shot with the column is more than enough to prove a large powerful lathe was used....in ancient times.....I still cannot understand why it is not mainstream- we have been very industrial in the distant past. We are in modern times just playing at it. The ancient society have done it all before, and bigger and better. Cheers
I had no idea this complex was so huge, this is amazing
Excellent video. Thanks Brien
At 4:00 you can see the same distinct scraping or raking marks used to shape and hew the stone that is seen in Petra, ancient Palestine, and Egypt. The same technology implemented and likely the same period of (pre)history as well. Incredible. Cheers and thank you Brien.
Petra was built round about the time of Christ so get your historical facts right!
They had electricity. There’s a battery design far older than Baghdad battery from India. It’s like 4K years old.
What the tool was is the mystery but they def had electricity.
It's called a chisel.
Kalo Arepo Evidence, please. Just as Baalbek has seen multiple generations of construction, it is likely the same has happened in Petra.
Michael Gentleman show me a copper chisel that can break granite. I’ll wait...
I'm so happy I found out about this place! I love your work, Brien!💖
Its my obsession to travel in your footsteps, altho i could never aford any of these trips i certainly appreciate being able to watch your videos, keep up the good work,
Wow, somehow or another I dismissed Baalbek. That is an amazing and fascinating site. Thank you for that Sir Brien!
It's like humanity is in a state of amnesia. Amazing structures
" Species with Amnesia " by Robert Sepher
@PATCHY PAUL REVERE 1776 Revere YES OUR TRUE PATH HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM HUMANITY BY ABRAHAMIC ZEALOTS & MILITANT LEFTISTS.
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH JEWS OR FATHER SATAN!!!
John Eli did U scaffold in Mackay years ago if yes I know you n hello😎
Goddamn, I hate the internet. Maybe amnesia is preferable to knowing what every attention-starved keyboard warrior thinks. But yeah, we've definitely lost the vast majority of historical data; that's the natural course, and it takes a lot of energy and oversight to alter the course.
cuz abrahamic religion removed spiritual knowledge and replaced with blind faith this is where humanity degenerated and have low vibration.
One of the most amazing I've ever seen Brien. Derek from Scotland.
Such incredible closeup and detailed footage. Thank you Brian for taking us along with you. Me, being a powerchair user, could never go there myself and see these magnificent sites in person. Your closeup filming is the next best thing. Thank you. So incredibly fascinating!
Great footage. I feel the fact that the pillars were turned reveals to us the abilities the ancients had to scale things up. The cedar wood of Lebanon was exceptionally strong for example, as a material for potential lathe/crane machinery - was frequently shipped to Egypt. @5.29 - the marks that were similar to what you proposed were machined earlier - when I was a stonemason/waller I had a tool that left these marks - called a scutch hammer. You can also get comb chisels which can be wider - so could be this? The perfectly flat, bevelled edges / sides to the joins allow for the stones to be butted up tightly without mortar. You mentioned porphyry in a previous vid. Pliny talks of pillars being made in the quarry (in Egypt iirc) to any size...not to say it was the Romans who did that necessarily - maybe an interesting site to visit for clues?
They used lathes for wood; it wasn't an exotic technique. It stands to reason they were smart enough to set up a stone column up on a large lathe. That said, hand finishing a stone pillar of this sort takes a long time, long enough to check it, measure it and make corrections before erecting. It doesn't need high-tech.
Unmistakable evidence of habitation before the Romans! Incredible machine work on those foundations and pillars!
Ok but.. nobody said there was nothing before the romans.
Ok sorry I see now he's trying to make a point that the Romans re-used an ancient site that probably had higher technology.
Roman period just refers to the time it was built. The stone masons were likely local to the region.
StillWill
It’s not machine work WillStill.
@@trentcarroll9445 If not machine work, then what because it weren't done with a rock and a piece of sandpaper like they want you to believe. I bet if you measured the radius of those round pillars, there wouldn't be a tenth of and inch difference from top to bottom. Do you know how impossible that is. We can't do it.
Such a fascinating site💖
Thanks for sharing your great work Brien👍
Baalbek is one of the best examples of a lost or pre civilization in the world. I have traveled to Egypt 3 different times in my life and you can see some of the same construction styles there they used large blocks of stone to create there sites and structures. You can’t get that with just a few copper tools rollers and a lot of man power 😒🙄😔.... IT’S TOTALLY TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE 🤔. These people were supposedly Bronze Age people working out PERFECTLY FITTING BLOCKS OF STONE. That in itself should prove Baalbek it more ancient then we are told by so called “experts” 🤬🤬.............
Dissolved stone poured into wooden forms and cured in place. No need for any big "high technology" tools,.. of course sounds more fancy ;)
Do you think the archaic human stay in caves and hunt deer for 300.000 years? With same brain size as modern humans ??? And as we build this civilization in 2000 years
Hell no, they wore in the past civilizations that wore way more advanced then ours and at one point auto destroyed themselves and start over
@@iulianispas8634 We are much more advanced then prior civilizations regarding technology. Creating big stone buildings is a great feat but nowhere near as advanced as we are today. Obviously. Of course you fanatasize that ancient moved into space and used lasers and whatever but there's no evidence for it.
In Russia as well!
@Golden Frog According to Graham Hancock the Roman’s we’re able to move 350 ton stones....... according to Graham Hancock 🤔. If Roman era builders were moving around 350 ton stones we would see bigger stones at Baalbek, but at most the stones we see from Roman times around that area is maybe 50 tons. Also why don’t we see larger stones built all around the former Roman Empire 🤔? The Roman era builders were able to do great construction work, but I don’t see a much of Romans building something one the scale we see at Baalbek. I think they would have put themselves through that trouble only if it was for the Roman capital Rome.
Can you imagine what the Romans must have thought when they first walked up and said wtf?
Those columns and palaces were already fallen and broken before the Romans ever set foot there
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@@esmeraldagreen1992 Yes but they understood how great that civilization had to be to build with such large stone's.
Antonina MacNeish exactly, so they had to have been dumbfounded by who could have originality built all that.
@@esmeraldagreen1992 Just that thought alone is shocking !
More square holes, trowel looking texture and at least 3 renovations. Thanks for another great lunch video.
Brien thank you for showing us more of the temple of Jupiter. My Lebanese friends have told me that there is more than what has previously been shown on other videos. Very cool.
So, all this begs a question: what happened to all that machinery, vanished without a trace, melted? In my mind this is one of the biggest mysteries. Thanks Brien for posting these videos. If it wasn't for your videos I wouldn't know what I know about ancient civilization and other.
Not one buried metal machine . Makes me wonder if they even used machines or if thousands of years people took apart machine and sold it during hard times.but still nothing like that is found
@@sadhu7191 major tools not found at ANY ancient site...
Well they probably erroded with time, the Titanic is almost completely dissolved and that happened not to long ago.
Yes, I didn't think about oxidation and other elements which would turn all that machinery into rust then dust. This would make sense. So many unknown in this mind boggling world we live in 🙉. Thanks for the replies guys 👍
Nobody Knows I'm at this same point, but it's hard to believe that iron or bronze tools were used to carve these huge granite columns or those megalithic structures with such precision. It would take forever to do it. Another question would be why? Why did they build such humongous structures? How did they transport those huge 1000 tons blocks of stone? Well, it's really perplexing but I'm not going to lose sleep over it. It sure is interesting. Thanks for chiming in.
Thank you for making these videos! blows my mind!
Amazing, thank you. And appreciate that you did a bit of editing and color correction of the video... :)
Thanks for the great footage Brien, this site is more than impressive. The Romans actually have some quite stunning and very heavy granit obelisk in their capitol, which were all brought back from Egypt... The largest one in Italy was originally 455 tons, these Romans bastard had to break this masterpiece in three sections to take it back to Rome, that's says a lot. To see this piece today with the cross on top is total joke, what a shame.
Thanks again, your work is much appreciated, Peace.
Should have just dissolved the stone like the ancient builders and poured back into place in Rome.. didn't know the procedure though.. :/
Still amazing! How can anyone cut such large stones so accurately? Is this really all about poured concrete or molded clay? Some huge piece to this puzzle is still missing!
Lebanon is my country. I am very proud to have these archeological sites that are amazing. We receive lot of tourists in our country who come exclusively to visit these sites. Lebanon contains many sites such as Byblos, Tyr and many others. I am proud of my country. It is a beautiful country, its nature is breathtaker, the climate is wonderful and people are friendly. Thank you for your video.
Brian. at 2:51 isnt that signs of layering of the pillars? Ancient people seems to have know very well about granite geopolymer. But its always overlooked in every video.
Exactly! They poured the geopolymer into a frame on the bottom and waited until it cured/hardened, then removed the form and placed the form atop of it. Quiet logical.. The problem is that people start to imagine giant machinery and laser type and anti gravity high technology when they see these stones missing the simplest explanation.
@@jenshansen2766 yes, i have seen some good photos of the column in st petersburg with different "levels" of colouring. To put things in correct chronology, we should probably be very aware of the different techniques, in what order it is reconstructed and restored. Baalbek seems to have so many reconstructed times in the past. I am not sure any of the reconstruction actually is "roman". The roman style seems to be among the large eroded blocks and with the "cataclysm damage level" 4:11 6:33 10:22
@@ericpilkington6298 Like in south America the smaller stones on top are most probably the most recent a.k.a inca and roman times.. They clearly didn't have the means and motivation to create the huge stones. If they had we would've reports about it. They probably brute force moved some stones around with "cranes". The ancient builders might've never broke a sweat beyond transporting some cups of dissolved stones pouring them in groups into the casts.
Initially, I was turned off by the "boring" presentation. However, I now realize the quality of the calm presentation. well done.
We love you Brian, Keep On Truckin!
If you pause it at 10:42 you can see right in the middle what looks like two large stones behind concrete. So does that means those 3 large megalithic stones arent really 3 large stones but just many small ones covered with concrete on the outside?
11:20 the walls look partially burried. how deep do they extend?
@mr frank :(
It’s crazy that nobody knows how this stuff was created , who did it , what happened to them etc. Humans know nothing about our history
Do you think if the ancients came into our time and looked at our bridges, sky scrapers, technology, industrial revolution, medical, advancements do you think they would be proud?
@@goldnotwoodya8449 NO! I think they would be proud of all the religious wars, the failed medical system, the corrupt monetary system, and the pollution of our minds and our planet.
@@trailtripper8183 Are we talking about building achievements or the greed of man?
@@goldnotwoodya8449 People have no achievements.There are only human numerous ways to ruin the planet with inhabiting her living beings.
This is why I cant't accept any religion existing today that give their own explanation of the world. It's obvious that so much is unknown to us yet and we should focus on learning about that.
Those large stones on top of others! I don't even try to explain this stuff to my friends, they would think I am crazy... great video ty
All Greco-Roman and classical ruins must be saved. The oldest and most beautiful churches are here too. We need to protect these treasures
Look up ancient temples in India, some of the most perplexing and amazing ancient sites in the world.
At 6:53 there’s a shot of a stone pillar with a mosaic pattern at its base, I’m assuming this is a repair and possibly made prior to the pillar being turned, what’s the bonding agent used in the repair and could this be dated?
Brien that's awesome!
Thanks for all you do and share with us.
Very solid base for whatever was above, tremendous! Thank you for sharing your journey 😊
Always amazing stuff!! Thanks Brien!! Cheers from Aus! ;D
Omg! What a masterpiece. Even on the video it speaks volumes. Thank you.
Such a great video and explanation, it´s the first time I´ve ever heard that there was another unknown civilization thousands of years before the Romans...and there is clear evidence of that, like all I wish this could be explained as soon as possible.
the very large stones: they are so rough and flaky in comparison to the columns. someone mentioned they might have been poored like concrete or geopolymer but if that were the case they should have degraded by now. has there been any tests done to find out their exact composition?
i think in lebanon, to take a sample is punishable by death
The blocks are limestone and the columns are granite which is way harder than the limestone, hence the flaking.
@@mgentleman1 that makes sense, thanks for the info. since the limestone is softer, is it safe to assume the blocks were once smooth and then estimate the age of the blocks from the rate that it flakes?
I wonder if any Roman writings about this place exists,describing what it looked like when they arrived.
Yep check the Vatican vault
If there is something like that, then It's either burned or closed away from public.
@@GuaranaMontana: Probably
Sureley you have seen the Pantheon in Rome, the same granite pillars, maybe bigger and the remains of the Diocletian baths. I visited a couple of years ago and couldn't believe the scale for 1 piece columns. I can't see how they could be so accurate done by hand, must have surely been done on some kind of lathe like you say.
Archeological sites in lebanon are older than the ones in Italy. I am not sure if it is the romanian ones or other historical civilizations.
We better begin building structures like these...
otherwise future generation won’t know we existed.
I think the same
We do that often enough with concrete structures which is not that dissimilar than this.
Plastic last forever compare to this megalithic structures
Dakota yep, plastic falls apart after a few hundred years. Now, cut a natural formation of granite and the tool marks tell a story of intelligent beings.
@@keezer4346 but only into tinier and tinier pieces. if the next "civilization", provided this one collapses, invents microscopes they'd know. they'd ask why there was a spike in CO2 at this time too. they'd find remains of steel and elemental aluminium (which doesn't occur in nature). We've produced a lot of trash and waste, and tools and architecture that would be found by someone. They'd find radioactive elements by nuclear weapons testing, etc.
read this part, and the part below. it's quite fascinating
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropocene#Geomorphology
Best video on baalbek i have seen so far.
Nicely done, theres so much i did not know about.
With each place you share with us, I am contunually amazed. Many thanks for your work.
What was the square holes at time marker 4:57 used for ? Drainage ? I had subscribed to your channel once before ! But some how it was deleted from my listings of channels ! Not sure why a lot of my channels that I use to watch had been deleted !
All I can say is “Wow!” Next time you get back it would be nice to take drone footage to get an overview of the area. Thanks so much for sharing this. I am truly amazed.
Modern man's contribution to history will be seas of plastic.
Not l dont think so. In thousands and thousands of years steel, concrete and plastic will be all gone. The men of the future will still be watching just megalithic stones, the real time machines.
What pisses me off is mount rushmore. They will think we must have worshiped those people.
Walter Palmer 😭
It's written that after the flood, the original landing pad in Eridu was destroyed, so a new one was built on Mt Lebanon.
muy bueno Brien ,impresionante las juntas de las rocas, Baalbeck es mas antiguo que las pirámides o no ..??
Best footage of one of my favourite places.
are those same holes @ 4:38 used for a lathe as well ?
What is behind the metal doors or iron bars at time marker 7:32 ? I know that I'm asking a lot of questions ! But I love learning about the past ! At one time when I was young I wanted to be an Archaeologist ! Now I'm 64 and haven't done much Archaeology stuff !
It was the Annunaki's spaceport. Magnificent in its day but destroyed by the great deluge, and partially reconstructed afterwards.
ruined me for walls for the rest of my life on that one. im thankfull that you showed us the remains tho. hope we learn someday.
It's amazing to see these creations! What are the small holes dotted randomly along the sides of the 800 tonne megalithic stones? Were they to help move them or for something else?
Incredible!
Thank you for the upload.
I've been fascinated with Baalbek since I read about the megalithic stones in the 70's.
What type of material would the chuck have to be locking into the granite pilar and how big would that machine be, and what happened to all those machines?
Another mind expanding watch at 6 AM with my coffee,,Had to jump in and out to walk the dog and laundry though..The multiple Lathe mounts I was wondering if we've seen that before?
Did they have bearings? How did a lathe shaft rotate with such huge weight attached? And what powered the machine? is it possible for a lathe to still exist?
Fantastic, thank you. Do you ever get sick of travelling??
Amazing Brien! I have turned metal on the lathe and being a cabinetmaker for many years I've turned countless pieces of wood. But these mega huge granite columns are mind blowing. Actually I have turned some small stones on the lathe but soft stone. The size of columns and stones is breath taking to say the least. I wonder if we have any type of lathe today that could handle a huge stone as these. High tech, no question here! Thank You Most Kindly Brien! Love, Light and Peace to You and you Family! DaveyJO in Pa.
Manpower alone did not cut, move and build with those massive stone blocks
Preflood technology,without a doubt,giants
At all
@@paulnelson3096 But how large were these giants? 9 ft? 12 ft? 20 ft? Did they coexist alongside regular humans in the same society or are these ruins of giant culture exclusively?
@@forgottencreation that is a good question,i believe the bibles record of man and giants once living together,started in genesis 6.the smithsonian institution having been covering it up for decades,because it goes against there theory of evolution.these giants probally had there own clans,
@@paulnelson3096 Thanks for replying. My own research has shown that they were likely the Nephalim in the Bible etc. but what puzzles me most is how they have disappeared.
Logic would dictate that in pre-gunpowder ages giants would have been dominant fighters compared to us small little men, especially during the stone and bronze ages.
Either they were not healthy enough to keep numbers high or they were always rare people. I believe they were people though, not some alien or fallen angel hybrid etc. I wish the stupid darwinists would just let us know the truth.
That is amazing. No mortar, and those stones were PERFECTLY cut to fit one another. And they were able to hold that entire structure. And still stands today. Clearly high technology
WOW! :D always been interested in baalbek, thanks for a great video, Brien!
There’s no word to describe this creation. Those smooth granite pillars 12 thousand years ago? And 1 thousand tons heavy stones . How? Wow!
Is there a photo/video in which all the Roman and medevel constructions is removed?
Now THAT is a place I want to visit
Amazing and thanks Brien: indeed, ante-deluvian technology.
wonder if giants built this place and other 800t stone monuments
So Brian you are saying that the columns and megalits outside of the temple of Bacchus are also Pre cataclysm?
Thanks for your effort to educate the masses!!
Do any of the megalithic structures you’ve seen appear to be fortresses? I can’t imagine stones that big used and not one for fortifications.
I agree, it’s very curious why the larger blocks sit atop smaller ones.
Fitzgerald earthquake control?
Mr05chuck then wouldn’t it stand to reason to have the heaviest blocks in the bottom? To avoid being top heavy?
What are the square holes in the huge blocks for?????
This guy needs to be on the Joe Rogan show multiple times.
@Cristopher Reeves Earth materials? Where in the bible is this mentioned. Chapter and verse.
apologiamixer he won’t respond because this isn’t true
@Nobody Knows we know how certain types of stone and minerals form. if this was some sort of advanced concrete, we would know I think
@Nobody Knows hm that was meant as a reply to someone else, my phone must have bugged out, or I made a mistake.
@Cristopher Reeves lol ya ok
We literally moved a rock of 1500 tons during the 1700s called the Thunder Stone. It was moved by manpower, rollers, and capstans. Later it was transported by barge up the Neva River to St. Petersburg. Moving the stone required 400 men and took nine months, during which time master stone-cutters continuously shaped the enormous granite monolith.
You do not require advanced machinery to do this, you just need the right group of men who have the will power and the passion to do it.
KJD. Thunderstone? Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof, or at least cite your sources. And no, not Pokemon.
Your point is well made. However, if the science is correct, this structure pre-dates the pyramids which means that it was constructed at a time before metal tools or even metal itself was discovered. They would not have had levers, pulleys or even the wheel at their disposal. The advanced technology of the 1700's would have been unknown to them. Not saying it couldn't be done, just that it would have been incredibly diffcult to do. And they didn't just do it once they did it dozens of times.
tom Morrissey. Google thunderstone, Russia. All I see is pretend Pokemon thunderstones.
unfortunately sliding a rock a few miles along frozen flat ground is not the same challenge as lifting it up into the air. the largest single stone ever _lifted_ on record was ~400 tons and used modern machinery.
It's mind blowing how big they are. Lost technology? Giants? You can see the cataclysmic damage as well. I wish we can find out the answer of how it was possible. I also believe they are over 12,000 years old. Thank you so much Brian as always!
Always amazing footage. Thanks for sharing!
I wonder why the equipment/ tools used to preform such unbelievable work have never been found. Never have been recorded by people of that time ...
It's most likely erroded by now since it was probably built 12,000 years ago, the only thing that would survive would be the stone.
Exactly! Cause there were not "tools".. Most probably chemicals that dissolved the stones and then "glued" them together.. if you check this you will at least see how they created the stones for the pyramids: th-cam.com/video/znQk_yBHre4/w-d-xo.html
@@mariolongtin8271 If it was built by tools the tools must've been at least as strong as the stones and some would've survived.
Awe inspiring, I was there in '81 before the war of '82!
Awesome, thank u so much Brien. My dream is to be able to join u soon on one of your trips so I hope next year will be there year.
Why are the chuck holes on the column irregular? Perhaps they weren't lathed. Perhaps they were injection molded.
Something that often gets overlooked in these discussions is why they built with such huge stones. Most cultures around the world used much smaller stones because they were easier to make and transport. The only reason for using such colossal stones is that for them it wasn't that diffcult and they could manage it with only a little more effort than the smaller stones.
They had the means, motive and manpower to work big quarries and operations while having the idea to build grandios buildings for the gods and their kings. Realistically it wasn't of such a good use for daily life. We can do similar stuff with concrete and other geopolymers but have no reason to "waste" resources like that. They found some way to dissolve the stone with strength or chemicals and then harden and glue it back together where they wanted. For some stones like limestone it was already replicated. The chemical composition is the the secret..
Jens Hansen that walls are much older than 10.000. You measure things from the perspective of a 1,8m man in 2019. Imagine that there were times when avrege people had 4m. From theyr perspective is perfect fine to build big and it s much easyer because all the things you use are on a large scale. For example if you are 4m, you need a bigger car who was a bigger power etc.
@@focsavictor8941 Sorry, no, that's a logical fallacy. Churches and many other buildings are today build as if it's for giants too. I guess if a cataclysm hits us people in 1000 years will say the burj Khalifa was build by 500m tall people. No direct evidence at all of giants.
Jens Hansen there are alot of skelets remaining and alot of stories in different cultures around the globe from hindu to the bible. Search for giant skeleton in Bucegi(found in my country). Today with all technology we can lift a 1200 tones stone but we cannot move it long distances cause there are only two ultilages than can lift that weight, one in Usa and one in Uk and there are immobile. People did impresive things in the past and if we had only one site build at large scale it was not a problem, but we have around the world.
Jens Hansen the burj Khalifa has the entrence(doors) for people like us. Check Petra and see what feeling gives you.
Is there any sign of extreme heat on top of the platform?
The same technique that built this site originally was also present at construction of the “temple of Bastet”. You can see it clearly on the granite column work with the lathe holes. Imagine a vertical lathe that could whittle granite! Impressive.
Great camera work .
Brien do you have any info
How deep is the foundation from the ground level to support the trilithon stones.
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Great perspective 👏👍👍👍👍👍who was there in the (first time).?
I wish that you would show what is inside that hole in the wall near the end of the video !
They seem to be lots of square holes in many of the larger stones . Any ideas what they are for ?
As the stones are Geo polymer they were poured into some type of form, maybe wooden. You see similar stuff when we pour silicone and similar into forms today.
The holes seem to be off center of the diameter, for when turned?. Is this an camera angle distortion?
At 4:05 look at the different angles of the gouging, or scraping marks from the stones next to each other, but then they may have cut them to fit later?
5:42 they seem to be cut straight, level for a huge length, from the same huge stone block.