Hiram's Tomb | Canaanite Megaliths in Ancient Lebanon | Megalithomania

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[@mirellajaber7704]

Thank you for visiting the site. I live in Beirut, and every time I pass by this site (a couple of kilometers on is Cana, the place where Jesus turned the water into wine, and there is also the famous cave where reportedly Mary was hiding while waiting for her Son) it breaks my heart; cars pass by carelessly, garbage litters the ground, who knows and who cares that they are just passing by the tomb of one of the most important figures of the antic world. The people here cannot really care about some “old stones”, as they have been usually engaged in some kind of conflict - their life here is tough as it is, and it’s hard to tend to their own houses. We are here in the Southern part of Lebanon, and the Israeli- Arab conflict is at its highest - and this is one of the terrible prices we have to pay for all these endless conflicts (let’s not forget how, a couple of hundred kilometers away, the Syrian war destroyed Aleppo, worse even, Palmyra and the Temple of Bel was blown up). I cannot mention enough how you’ve made my day seeing that you’ve came to here and made this post for people to know.

[@ruralsquirrel5158]

Such a shame that a whole Canaanite complex like that is just left to rot. Imagine all the archaeological finds that could have been in there.

[@vitalygoji]

It's a blessing. They would pore concrete over this place and call it "restoration". They already ruined Sphinx and destroying puma punky

[@SCOTTBULGRIN]

Agreed

[@jasonlukiv766]

I so do appriciate the work you do to bring us a nice easy listening information cache..i do my best to keep up..thanx

[@mariansmith7694]

Sad, the people there don't respect it at all. So much is lost.

[@mirellajaber7704]

marian smith The people here cannot really care about some “old stones”, as they have been usually engaged in some kind of conflict - their life here is tough as it is, as it’s hard to tend to their own houses. We are here in the Southern part of Lebanon, and the Israeli- Arab conflict is at its highest - and this is one of the terrible prices we have to pay for all these endless conflicts (let’s not forget how, a couple of hundred kilometers away, the Syrian war destroyed Aleppo, worse even, Palmyra and the Temple of Bel was blown up).

[@toddwyndham7009]

Mirella Jaber wow it’s just unbelievable the amount of ancient sites that’ve been ravaged or destroyed.

[@daiyumyo]

@@toddwyndham7009 As a Lebanese, there's also the issue with how many ancient sites there are. There's just so many sectioning them off would mean paralysing the country. My great uncle owned land next to Tyre in the 30s-40s and nothing would ever grow, when the prospector came they discovered an ancient part of the city that was still undiscovered. Yet in the last 80 years, no real archeological dig has happened that has actually taken care of it, and my uncle always expresses the same agony for the state it's in. Another acquaintance found an old Phoenician artefacts on his land in Mount Lebanon, the artefacts he found decorate his house(which is also a few centuries old). I can say for sure though that I wish we had a competent state to take care of all of that stuff. Or at least prevent the pillaging of these sites.

[@toddwyndham7009]

@@daiyumyo that is very interesting.So did the prospector have permission to dig from your uncle? Or was he just pillaging illegally and found it that way. I agree it’s a shame all these finds aren’t protected. As you know nothing stops progress. Sad truth is they will bulldoze anything to build more.

[@daiyumyo]

@@toddwyndham7009 After the prospector discovered that, the government at the time forced an acquisition of the land from my uncle. He didn't exactly want to sell but they'd make it very hard for him to do anything there, and nothing could grow anyways, so he sold. I don't think he was robbed either, I seem to remember my uncle telling me that it was a fair price. I haven't passed by in years, but last time I did I remember seeing mosaics, so I believe it was connected to the Roman era of the city, which is already an extremely culturally rich time, I remember reading about them finding a dozen or so Roman tombs while digging a road. Tyre is the gift that keep on giving. As for the bulldozing, unfortunately it's not even that recent, Beirut had a crusader fort that was destroyed by the Ottomans to build/expand the port, it also had ancient walls that were destroyed to make way for the cities expansion, you can see a tiny section of it around Downtown Beirut. Tyre had a gate built by Alexander that I remember has also been destroyed. A lot of the ruins everywhere are getting lost again. In Hazmieh, Mount Lebanon, next to a friend's house, there's an Roman Aqueduct just sitting there. I was more impressed by how they built something on the mountain as much as by the fact that it's still standing. Even the old heritage of our cities, the chic 1700 to early 1900 architecture, is getting destroyed to build skyscrapers, and the explosion alone took out a lot of those building that were already lying in a decrepit state by 2020. It's a shame, every time I walk in Beirut I wonder how these villas and old houses could be made into community centres, public libraries, museums. Instead they're just lying there waiting to be torn down so that a soulless skyscraper can be built in it's place. I wonder if I'll even remember the place when I go back, since all my family members talk about whenever I'm in the city is how this was an open field, that was a bougie area,... and now it's all the same urban madness.

[@alexathanas7858]

Hi Hugh, I just wanted to thank you for your amazing channel. I've been following your works for years and I had no idea you were on youtube until recently. Keep your amazing work, you and your team have truly gone to the next level. I'm enjoying everything you guys put out immensely.

[@cornelius1923]

Fantabulously informative post Hugh. Thank you so much.

[@SCOTTBULGRIN]

Hugh, thank you for this video. I will probably never travel there so by you sharing this I have observed through you.

[@FraDon]

• Is there some kind of mini-LIDAR unit you could attach to your drone? I'd love to see an aerial thru the vegetation.

[@user-qf3lq4zj8g]

8:18 if the image flipped at the same time in both cameras... Something was activated where you were standing.

[@jackclements2163]

Nice out-take at the end, Hugh! Nice video throughout too.

[@CharlesMarlow1898]

A fine upload, Hugh; interesting and enjoyable.

[@Marie-or6hz]

There are places all over Alaska, and Montana, that cause the cameras to flip or static in any call, jumbled text messages. It would be interesting to see if the rock/soil content is the same.

[@johncollins211]

One day i wish all of lebanon will be safe and the whole country dedicated to archaeology it would be a huge job creater there are sites everywhere its some of the earliest citied its amazing

[@celestenova777]

Thanks Hugh, very interesting and finding those out lying pillars makes the place seem quite large. Looks like it will be all overgrown before long and probably lost. Spooky with the upside down screens, hope some bright spark on here will tell us why. Thanks for your work!

[@ArcAudios77]

Excellent to see Hugh, thanks & best wishes sent.

[@FadyMozaya]

Hello I’ve had some bizarre electronic shut downs at some remote sites in northern Lebanon too, thought I’m the only one :/

[@MegalithomaniaUK]

Where did this happen?

[@user-qf3lq4zj8g]

6:21 Is that a footstep on the rock at the right side? Glad you took time to look around and discover the forgotten! Thank you!

[@meerza]

Hey guys, This is my village by the way. It’s called Hanaway. This area is full of history, everywhere you dig you you will get someone. Am willing to help if you need any information or even wanna dig the place.

[@tatechasers2393]

Hope this video wakes up the locals and you return to a different scene in a couple of years

[@davidnough705]

Thank God ya'll are recording this, before the Earth reclaims her essence! The round Rain Bowls, [for lack of a better name]; could be the oldest & first manipulations of stone; that mankind has created! Successive, & new generations; (thus building around these).

[@psmart4948]

love the ancient giants mysteries like. big blocks on 2nd course at balbeck could be a concrete mix and cast on the spot otherwise its gotta be big folk laying cobbles. big folk living alongside big reptiles n big birds

[@joearchuleta7538]

Hugh loving the work you and your team putout!!! Do you know if the event your hosting in the USA in Arizona May 15-17 next month is going to be cancelled ? Thanks again!!!

[@MegalithomaniaUK]

I believe it is cancelled with new dates being lined up soon.

[@HiramLoki]

Hiram of Tyre is a major part of the same Masonic Tradition. There are two Hirams involved as shared names were extremely common at the time.

[@actionnotwords6344]

Hiram was a contemporary of King Solomon and is referred to in the Bible. There must be many undiscovered sites lying in Lebanon.

[@jasonm6642]

I’ll admit, I’m skeptical of the whole cameras turning upside down thing, i got some real paranormal reality TV vibes there. That said, you would be, with no offence intended, stupid not to investigate this further. This is 10x the kind of event people subconsciously pray they might experience visiting ancient sites like this. Giving the benefit of the doubt; Is this repeatable? Does you camera have a gyroscope that would flip the image on the display if it detected a change in orientation like a smart phone? What could be the nature of the cause?

[@HughEvans711]

Definitely the stones focus magnetism, must have affected your equipment...

[@julius6863]

As a Lebanese i m absolutely disgusted by the lack of respect and care this place has have seen. left to rot! Lebanon is so ancient and has one of the richest history in the region but the people are absolutely ignorant. they have 0 awareness of how important is to preserve and learn about your heritage. this is why a lot of people from that area have identity crisis and just dont give a crap about the history. this country has lots of historical hidden gems but not enough work or research has been done due to the ignorance of the people and the government.

[@staycurious0815]

oh, how I so would like to clean the area from the bushes!!!

[@marahmadieh]

its very sad to see such an important site of an incredibly important figure left to rot. Litter and trash everywhere. What a shame

[@marcin1699]

canaanites built Baalbek 2500BC? How the hell did they lift the 900T blocks? We sufficiently know this civilization to be certain they did not possess such technology.

[@margaretbushey3192]

Wonder how many people have fallen down that hole?

[@actionnotwords6344]

Was not Hiram Phonenician?

[@bassem9545]

Why it was called Hiram tomb ?

[@kalijuri]

ground penetrating radar would be great to see what this complex looked like. why isn't this site being excavated?

[@kailiebejung]

So it´s not Hiram Abiff?

[@MegalithomaniaUK]

Correct. It's King Hiram of Tyre.

[@ohanesswartabedian9172]

@@MegalithomaniaUK as my humble opinion and my researches about the Tomb of Hiram , I believe it is Hiram_Abi ''s Tomb . as we know Hiram_Abi 's mother was a jew and Hanaway were the Tomb is , most of the population were Jew and Canannit .

[@robertle3038]

Rocks could have weighed less back then. Gravity science is way off anyway, so maybe that's it.

[@rayhilchey6706]

I am sorry to opine that is not a megalith, those are smallish ashlars constructed with simple tools.

[@-o-light8863]

That's very tiny.

[@robertwest2793]

YOU DO UNDERSTAND PETRA'S MECCA'S PETRA'S MECCA'S

[@user-yr5nv2gv7m]

8:34 mineshaft?

[@HutchSco]

That’s place is crying to be dug up

[@samstewart4807]

How "upset" would authorities be if a brush fire suddenly exposed more of these ruins?

[@OwlKnight32]

It was never a tomb ;)

[@jasonm6642]

I’ll admit, I’m skeptical of the whole cameras turning upside down thing, i got some real paranormal reality TV vibes there. That said you would be, with no offence intended, stupid not to investigate this further. This is 10x the kind of event people subconsciously pray they might experience visiting ancient sites like this. Giving the benefit of the doubt; Is this repeatable? Does you camera have a gyroscope that would flip the image on the display if it detected a change in orientation like a smart phone? What could be the nature of the cause?

[@MegalithomaniaUK]

It happened to both my Osmo Plus and Jj's Osmo Mobile/phone at the same time. We both have footage of it being like this. It has never happened before or after this day. I have tried to repeat it but it is not possible.