🗝️ The script challenges the view that there were no megalithic structures before 6,000 years ago, suggesting a global cataclysm wiped out an advanced prehistoric civilization.

🏛️ The Balbec temple complex in Lebanon is highlighted as an ancient wonder with massive stone blocks weighing up to 900 tons each.

🐋 The largest stone blocks in Balbec, known as the trilithon, weigh as much as 1,650 tons each, comparable to an entire fleet of blue whales.

🤔 The method of transporting and setting these colossal stones into place remains one of history's most captivating puzzles, with no definitive answer.

🏟️ Balbec was originally a Phoenician town dedicated to the sun and storm god, Bal, and later absorbed Greek cultural elements after its conquest by Alexander the Great.

🏛️ Roman architects transformed Balbec into a grand ceremonial center with the Temple of Jupiter, featuring 54 massive granite columns.

🎨 The Temple of Baka and the Temple of Venus showcase Roman decorative art and unique architectural designs, blending Roman and local religious practices.

🏗️ The construction feats at Balbec, particularly the transportation and placement of massive limestone blocks, draw parallels with other ancient marvels like the Egyptian pyramids and Stonehenge.

📐 The precision with which the gigantic stones were fitted together without any mortar at Balbec is a remarkable engineering feat, requiring advanced planning and resources.

🗿 The 'Stone of the Pregnant Woman' in a nearby quarry, weighing around 1,000 tons, has cultural and superstitious significance in local folklore.

🏺 In 2014, an even larger stone, weighing about 1,650 tons, was unearthed in the same quarry, expanding our understanding of ancient engineering capabilities.