A mystery bigger than that of Egypt’s pyramids its these mᴀssive stone blocks weighing 1,650 tons

A mystery bigger than that of Egypt’s pyramids its these mᴀssive stone blocks weighing 1,650 tons

A team of German and Lebanese archeologists just uncovered the largest manmade stone block ever discovered.

A mystery bigger than that of Egypt's pyramids its these mᴀssive stone blocks weighing 1650 tons

The block, which was found in a limestone quarry in Baalbek, Lebanon, measures 64 feet by 19.6 feet by 18 feet, Gizmodo reports and weighs an estimated 1,650 tons.

Other mᴀssive manmade blocks were previously found nearby, including one weighing up to 1,240 tons and nicknamed “The Stone of the Pregnant Woman.” 

The blocks likely date back at least 2,000 years, to around 27 BC. At the time, Discovery writes, Baalbek was a premier outpost of the Roman empire and went by the name Heliopolis—“the city of the sun.”

The German Archeological Insтιтute reports that the block was probably intended for use in a nearby temple for the god Jupiter.

This stone and others, however, never made it out of the quarry, probably because they turned out to be much too mᴀssive to transport, the Insтιтute reports. Indeed, a crack had already formed in one corner of the Stone of the Pregnant Woman. 

Even though the block was likely a major disappointment to its creators, they unwittingly set world records.

The newly discovered block, the Insтιтute writes, is “the biggest boulder known from antiquity.” 

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