Megalithic Enigmas Of Baalbek Lebanon: Part 1 Of 4: Quarry 1

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[@imanutnur7]

When I was in the US Navy in the early 60's I would visit areas as you described and was puzzled with the large perfectly fitted blocks among smaller pieces and couldn't help but think that somehow the technology was askewed and even as an 18-year-old couldn't except the explanation of those guides saying they used logs to move these mammoth pieces. We have been so programmed to accept the garbage that had to fit even if it wasn't logical.

[@trumpsahead]

Best close-up pictures ever of Baalbek megaliths, feel like I'm right there with you. Thanks for the video.

[@darinpasquallejr.7088]

Thanks for all these uploads Brian, I appreciate it. I wish I could go to some of these places but unfortunately my budget forbids it. So its awesome to be able to see HD footage and also hear your comments.

[@brienfoerster]

Part 2 is loading now. We will be back in Lebanon in late April 2016 for those that wish to meet us.

[@pamcass1974]

**THANX FRIEND FOR SHARING**

[@ekschiz]

Brien Foerster will be waiting for u here

[@thedriver133]

Brien Foerster So late April, what will i cost to join you ?

[@silverballer1911]

Brien Foerster what to stop me just following u around the sites and listenening without paying lol

[@pastytit]

+Don Foster I wonder why brien is a dog end as well.

[@SenemmTSR]

Well done Brien! Thank you for showing it on the spot, valuable footages!

[@maozerbowzer1931]

“Now climbing up” “OOOUUUWAA”

[@icantthinkofaname15]

Lmao I heard that 😂

[@marktalmont1893]

A long out-of-print book called "Gods of the Cataclysm" makes the case for a "pre-historical" world of ancient civilization that got wrecked by some global calamity, probably the thing the various flood stories are inspired by. I always think it strange that this book is never referenced by any of the videos on this stuff. The book is unique in that it contains a beautifully-done rendition of comparative artistic styles from arond the ancient world, most notably terra cotta masks from disparate regions that share strikingly close characteristics. Similarly among the nearly ubiquitous references to the Zacharia Stichin books no one ever mentions the hugely controversial "The Genius of the Few" by Christian O'Brien, who was no flake, a petroleum geologist in the Middle East who took up ancient scripts as a hobby and finally concluded that much of the "standard version" of the Sumerian-era "mythology" was in error and missed literal truths that pretty much support some kind of "Ancient Alien" history. (the scholarship on these ancient scripts surprisingly thin, based on not very many scholars looking at old tablets that few are even granted access to). O'Brien relates this to a most provocative re-imagining of a literal truth interpretation of the Book Of Exodus that I think would shake up even the most hardened "skeptic" and ultimately suggests that certain peoples of the region wound up getting alien DNA (of course we all know the provocative notions about why "certain" genetic heritages win ridiculously lop-sided shares of scientific Nobel prizes, math breakthroughs, etc. ). I am always suspicious when some works get the "silent treatment" like Velikoffsky seems to get. It reminds me of the way the "official" sources suppress alternative views about things like vaccines and cancer (if you don't believe that look up the stories of Bernice Eddy, Sarah Stewart, and Mary Sherman, or Hoxsey.)

[@justwondering1967]

Thank you for this, Brien Foerster. Thank you.

[@brienfoerster]

[@arthursoctomah9175]

muscle power?

[@Antipodean33]

Autumnleaf2011 What made you ask that question? I didn't notice any secret handshake or rolled up trouser leg or a hangman's noose and blindfold anywhere

[@Antipodean33]

Autumnleaf2011 I've known, worked with and have friends who are Freemasons and trust me they are decent people. I have no doubt that there would be bad apples amongst them, but i believe the vast majority are good people. Like any organization or group etc, there will be bad ones in there, this is inescapable, it's human nature. BTW did you notice the 33 in my username, 33 is the high degree of Freemasonry, when one attains that level, they get to know all the secrets of civilization and humanity's origins and the magic rituals.

[@Antipodean33]

Autumnleaf2011 Why have you unsubbed? Also it would take you a long time to rise up the ranks, a life time. How old are you now?

[@Antipodean33]

I've found this place fascinating since i was a kid and to think no one has bothered to excavate the area is astounding. If i was an archaeologist i'd be trying to get the ok to dig there in a heart beat

[@russellmillar7132]

The temple at Baalbek has been excavated and studied for close to a hundred years! I thought the internet gave people access to more and better information! How can you make that statement? There was a shaft dug in the acropolis wherein the stratigraphy shows the site to have been occupied since the pre-pottery neolithic age. Evidence of a minor temple from the Persian Empire. Temple that is there now was completed in three phases. Romans used trilothon stones as retaining wall to support huge construction on top. Their soil experts determined the soil at the site was prone to erosion and needed a solid, immovable base to support the monumental construction.

[@gabrielkunuchiha]

Saludos amigo Brien: Soy seguidor de Baalbek desde que comenzó la internet, amigo Brien, pero ya nos tiene acostumbrado a sus imágenes de primera mano y de textura impecable. Le felicito mil veces y yo me felicito por ser testigo de sus buenos documentales. Gracias señor Brien.

[@toast47624]

Brian, of the many who video and document these amazing megalithic sites I truly appreciate your commentary and excellent video footage. I am in construction and work with cranes etc building precast structures. I marvel at the absolute impossibility of these sites with today's technology. Much of this work was not done by pounding rocks with other rocks, that is absurd as you well know. I guess we will never truly understand how or when this was done but thanks to the likes of you those of us with an open mind can refute academia's wildest claim's and nonsense written on paper. I own and operate heavy equipment, grinders, diamond saws the lot. I can't even come close to some of the small scale works I have seen in your videos. I have also made an offer to uncover the site you visited here in NZ.

[@zoso0110]

thank you for your work. keep them coming.

[@keredhenry9471]

Awesome videos,thanks for sharing!

[@2campercamper]

Outstanding Sir. Thank you.

[@prowagnercosta]

Brien, I just LOVE your videos !!!

[@alone-tt8dg6ic6f]

Exciting. All wish for you.

[@gabydewilde]

The cuts look like a pendulum saw. I think they abandoned it because it had tomany flaws. Trying to smoothen the surface the layers didn't work with the desired angle or the whole thing cracked in the middle. See from a distance at 1:14 how the otherwise smooth left and right of the top side are not lining up properly. If more soil is removed you might see more progress with cutting away the rock under it in the middle (allowing it to crack) If they used a big pendulum the part of the job seen here is the easy part. Removing the rock under it is much harder. If the stone is no good it would make sense to start over rather than taking the risk of having men and machines crushed under it or having the stone crack in transport. I just had another fascinating idea. It could be that the idea was not to move this rock but for it to serve as the base of a crane. The crack where it separates it self from the bedrock could be from over extending it and the space around the bottom would be fit for a wooden encasing. Picture the pendulum suspended from the crane and the pendulum wire attached to some fixed point on the other end of the quarry. Like this one could lower the crane down the slope to lower the pendulum and get pretty decent straight cuts. A most interesting aspect is that the higher one cant attach the rope on the other end the better it would work. We see both these rocks pointing at the mountain and all the stone within reach that one could reasonably cut away that way seems to be missing. Also notice the carve work in the mountain directly in front of the crane. If they would have been so interested in removing this stone there would be no need to cut everything away around it. And lastly, if this was a quarry, where are the tools? Should we not expect a big crane made out of their material of choice?

[@jonnyueland7790]

Thanks for a new great video!

[@TurnFullCircle]

Very interesting news that there are possibly even more massive megaliths beneath!.... Really enjoyed this one Brien... thanks Chris.

[@bamzyslife5235]

Haha! Brien, you crack me up when you climb over things. :) Great video! Thanks again for your footage!

[@flaviusnita6008]

Just amazing! Could say it's impossible if You don't see them!

[@Psygression91]

I didnt think I would get so excited about a HD upload in 2015.

[@sssshhhh101]

Sometimes you scare me with the places you're willing to go for others, (but I sure enjoy the view!) Thanks for the video Peace and health to you and those you love

[@cfapps7865]

That is one of the best looks I've seen of that massive stone, great video. Even though there is no archeological record of much of what is written in the Bible I believe we have the story of Baalbek written about in the story of the Tribe of Dan. A place in the north to compete with Jerusalem, the location described, who it was that actually left Egypt, what was worshiped, it all points to Baalbek. Just my opinion. :) Thanks for the look.

[@thomasjefferson8475]

cfapps7865 Baal-Bek possibly tge largest stones ever quarried and largest foundation ever built. No one ever asks if it could be the tower of babel site? Just wondering.

[@diligenceintegrity2308]

cfapps, I agree. Your scenario seems very likely. Its certainly much older than Rome. Started by Dan but elaborated and expanded by Jeroboam, given the 10 northern tribes.

[@Tinfoilhatlady]

great stuff thx much...biggest stone in the world?... well one of them...good one. The quarry walls being conglomerant is very cool.

[@alebelden]

BRIEN, thanks for sharing your video, I really transported that magical place, I feel as I were there, in person, I congratulate you, by this travel of knowledge, Greetings from Monterrey Méxcio

[@davem2700]

In my opinion the most mind blowing work is sacsahuaman and that of the serapeum in Egypt. Those boxes that yousef is in in your videos are just mind blowing

[@LordBLB]

Amazing video. I would have to say though, looking at the top of that 1,200 ton stone, that they were not about to move that stone as a whole. There were fracture holes tooled into the stone (not checking the integrity). Block workers would do that, then hammer in wedges little by little along a straight line. This would create a fracture in a straight line along those holes. Then the block would fall off in a much smaller piece (still many tons), ready to be worker further, and then transported to it's final destination. Still pretty awesome though. Lots a work in that.

[@spidermcgavenport8767]

Thank you!

[@monday5264897]

Thanks Brien. I have never seen the neighborhood that surrounds the megalith here. I was surprised to see houses so close to the site.

[@68LEELU]

Very informative. Love your videos.. :-)

[@RickOshay...]

All of a sudden everybody is a genius.

[@macncheese_SNAKEWAY]

Ancient Lebanon would say that Nimrod had a tribe of giants build it for him. Not saying it’s true but just a legend

[@stevenstech128]

Thanks for your great works

[@rosiemarsili265]

Speravo da tempo di vedere qualche tuo video da Baalbek ! Grazie Brien !

[@HasseBasseBingBong]

Those strange "holes" in the stone at 02:04 are very similar to the ones found in some of the other ancient megalithic stones around the world, like Stone Henge and the stones in South America.

[@saabturbografx]

Great job. I wish I was you!

[@alejandrocortez3371]

I like so mucho ur style yo do this

[@elnino2285]

Thx again man!!

[@intriguingmegalithicperspe1764]

Whom ever it is that owns that quarry,, is a lucky man, as it's filled with treasure!

[@davem2700]

Brien I'm convinced after watching your videos on Peru,Egypt, and Baalbek...There is some sort of high technology that was used..Period... People with ropes, rollers, and animals could not have moved 1200 tons...yet alone stack em up

[@roundyissac1046]

fricken mind blowing.

[@bigcook7393]

thank you for your videos, there is very little information about this subject and less videos I really appreciate it this has been on my mind for some time I too wonder how they were built one thing for certain there was a global Empire if you will a long time ago because of the similarity of the construction all over the world that is obvious the question now is how was it done

[@Travis-larsen]

I love how the internet is making it possible for us to share our thoughts and information with each other as humans. I don't think (in this case) that the important questions are 'when' or 'who' as much the main question should be "How did {whomever} do it." Basically start backwards -- like solving your path backwards through a maze puzzle.

[@komotini0]

i have see the same in greece many years ago

[@lucaashworth4798]

My love!!!!!!!!!

[@driewiel]

Alien Romans. Also called Romulans.

[@icantthinkofaname15]

Um lol

[@liloroi8424]

I WISH to be in this tour !!! but 5.000 is way to expensive ;( pls post moor video for us and thanks for all videos you put in here you allow the ppl to travel with you in amazing places .

[@mattroberts8532]

wow! I find it interesting that the test "holes" are perfectly square like that. Are square hole similar to that found in other megalith sites around the world? Wonder if they were cut much later as an investigatory bore?

[@W1seMenSays]

Made by ancient Indians and thanks for not destroying it . Beautiful

[@jameskilo7195]

hhh it was the work of ancient gender-less aliens

[@thamuzm2684]

I Live In Lebanon And Visited baalbek many Time But You just Showed Them The Stone Balbek The Town Of the Sun is more spacious and soo Big Theres alot Of Things He Didn't showed You them Anyway... Suscribed :)

[@jah12wi]

Brian, what is your opinion of the huge megalithic ruins in the Ural Mountains in Russia? I would love to see u visit that site since hardly anyone has been there because of how remote it is.

[@thetiler]

I didn't even think you could get to this site with all the terrorists. Amazing to say the least. What a great video for a short one. Very impressed, such good angled shots ! WaY To Go!

[@smuckola]

Brien, you're a wonderful person. I want to enrich you with advertisers' pennies. Keep on adventuring for us.

[@lisastassi4500]

Brien, the next time you go back to Baalbek, it would be so cool if you could take along a talented psychic to get his/her impressions of what the original use of the site was. Psychic archaeology is a real thing, but kind of a rare thing. Baal is roughly translated at "Lord." The worst that can happen is that a psychic intuitively confirms the legends, that giant humanoids calling themselves the "Anunnaki" came to earth from a planet in our own solar system called Nibiru. The needed huge quantities of gold to repair their atmosphere and man was created as slaves to mine that gold. The slaves basically inherited the planet. I'm guessing Baalbek was some sort of a port for some very big people. Personally, I'd love to know if the Anunnaki giants remain alive and well on Nibiru because they were apparently somehow extremely long lived.

[@lefthorse1]

Step by step you reach every major ruin :) thank you for the video :) but i must ask, there underneath that big stone, its possible that tool mark are from archaeologists ? And you refer at that separation line as another tool mark , its possible that big stone just lie on petrified debris, so it was moved ?

[@emmanueliriama5164]

"The size of this thing is outrageous!"

[@leightonjulye]

The archaeological site of Baalbek in Lebanon has some of the most well-preserved Roman ruins in the world. Called Heliopolis in ancient times, the temple ruins are truly amazing to behold. What makes this site mysterious though, is the massive megalithic ruin mound upon which the Romans built. Making the their ruins look pale in comparison, these monoliths that can weigh up to 1, 200 tons each are the largest worked slabs of stone in the world. Some archaeologists believe that the history at the site goes back about 9000 years, as excavations have revealed Middle Bronze Age (1900-1600BC) and Early Bronze Age (2900-2300 BC) evidence on top of each other. Apart from the mystery as to how these stones were brought to the site from where they were quarried; given the site’s location and the space available to maneuver, architects and engineers claim that we have no known lifting technologies available to us today, that can lift and position these stones. They are simply beyond the construction capabilities of any accepted ancient or modern-day builders.

[@spiritualarchitect4276]

I wonder how many of these GIANT blocks are inside the structure but cannot be seen.

[@russellmillar7132]

Amazing iron age construction. Quarry men felt lucky to be able to cut such large, intact slabs of limestone at this site. They brought the red granite for the columns, by ship, from the quarry on the Nile to The Levant as well as to Rome and Carthage. The Hellenistic and Roman civilizations were both advanced megalithic cultures. It's an incredible adventure to study the civil engineering projects of the Roman empire--not only buildings but bridges, highways and aqueducts. Anyone who thinks the Romans couldn't have achieved any phase of the construction at Baalbek doesn't know history, and has relied too heavily on guys like Brien for their education.

[@junkdrawer1206]

2:04. Did someone kick you in the stones ?

[@danbrownellfuzzy3010]

This was never meant to be moved. It was made so a thousand generations would stand under one end and say "gee how were they going to ever move this?" It's working so far

[@jamesnorthcutt8413]

I know how these stones were moved. A man named Henk J. Koens does also but I can also tell you why they quarried and moved these huge stones.If you look closely, you can see that the level set of holes in the upturned stone matches the rows of holes on the blocks used in the wall there. This proves that it came from this wall.What could have moved it from this wall? The only thing that could do so as well as lift the other blocks into this wall is the power of water. Go to James Northcutt on you tube to see how and contact info also.

[@jadchehade5635]

I was there yesterday

[@luaydash]

brein what do u think about the giant footstep found in south africa i would like to see you go there and give us ur thoughts about it

[@muskratsalvage9317]

Brien...between this Baalbek monolith with it as you've called the "test holes" and one view in another of your videos about Peruvian site per knobs on the seemingly (I agree with you there and in so much, for ex why would Romans want to carve in Baalbek location such a stone) pre-inca constructions...maybe both these holes serve a purpose of giving a way to move the stones. Another great video!!! best steve in Leadville, Colorado

[@sarahgould2923]

The image of the laser cuts are radically challenging and especially the clear line cut underneath this enormous rock......................................But it also looks a bit like trying to retrieve an item from the dried mud after a flood which could then tie in with the tales of the Great Catastrophic Ancient Flood which is a tale/legend told throughout many seperate ancient cultures????

[@fmflores2000]

People back then are more stronger and healthier and wiser than any of us today. They survive with 100% organic food and their kids gets nursed with breast milk. They work harder too and they use their brains and strength to survive and not from food stamps.

[@k1w1shooter]

wow is that a kiwi wearing that tribal roots teeshirt must have been a amazing trip!!!

[@paladinto77]

Mr. Forester, is there any chance that there is a connection between Baalbek, and the tower of Babel? just a weird thought i had........

[@mexjeremiah]

Between 4:50 and5:00 what was inside that black where be said it's loosely compacted

[@sadenb]

There are holes in the stone. And there are multiple holes which means there are holes in the other side as well. It is of similar style that is done in Angkor Wat, only that the stones are bigger. If enough people are used, it can be lifted.

[@grimmer2005]

"Of this massive... OUH! ...limestone.."

[@placidsoul129]

Would be nice to see some mesurments of this mealictic stone. What are dimensions of it, the one youcan messure. How much is precise?

[@Hubs88]

Was this stone originally cut on an angle or is that just settling? #ExterminateISIS

[@Namabasho]

Enjoy lebanon! best country in the middle east ever

[@theHentySkeptic]

I am pretty sure none could make these things today, determined way back when!

[@nebulousknows4873]

Stones larger then that has been cut and shiped all around the world in modern times.

[@theHentySkeptic]

Nebulous Knows Really? I'd love to learn more - got a link or any other details?

[@theHentySkeptic]

theHentySkeptic And the auto-text on my phone got my expression a bit garbled. It should say, "I'm pretty sure no-one could make these things today - nevermind way back when!" Thanks.

[@jeffclark7685]

Skeptic: the largest stone ever moved by man is the Thunderstone in Russia. Moved in the 1700s with no modern equipment. It weighs1200 tons The largest stone moved in the trilithon is 800 tuns not the 1200 stated by this fellow.

[@theHentySkeptic]

Thanks Jeff (and Nebulus). I found this link using your handy clue www.ancient-wisdom.com/extremasonry.htm#moving It is very interesting. Thanks for helping. Peace.

[@fennynough6962]

Modern Crain's of hardened steel, have managed to lift 1600 TONS, & they were actually several Crain's put together, & were on Megaplatforms, of concrete & steel. Yet I'm sure something would break, attempting this here, let alone trying to move it any distance.

[@culobandoolo]

It looks like a sandcrawler, were there any bantha tracks around it?

[@T-bit]

You do hear a lot of stories about sound and energy being used in the ancient times. Would love to know how this works.

[@massimookissed1023]

It doesn't.

[@johnnyj540]

At 4:35 Brien refers to the hols as test holes, why would they drill square holes if they were only test holes? I think those hole were more important.

[@justaman-km1hl]

Fantastic documentation sir. If I may be so bold as to inquire about the cavatation, or the cavity that remains from quarry please, is there evidence of excavation, cavitation, mounding etc? Is it possible that these are ancient geopolymers which are poured in a form perhaps. Thank you in advance. I'm on a quest to find our source. I'm on to something of a profound significance. Pax perpetua.

[@massimookissed1023]

No, you're really not.

[@4133EWvianen]

Go and visit Siberia!!!!

[@greenskeeper59]

With all the turmoil in the area you seem to be worry free?

[@prismaticbeetle3194]

btw it has been excavated a much larger one is beneath it, with a nearby catacomb with priceless artifacts from the roman and Phoenician periods your welcome humanity

[@sweetieturner3377]

Brien, you mentioned the one block weight over 1200 tons. that's alotta limestone. Is this the largest single block in the world and if not, where are other bigger megalithic blocks? Has anyone dated these blocks and if not, why? Could core samples of earth around these structures be taken so we at least can get a date? Also, was sonar done to prove structures beneath these? I guess I want to search the area for other significant historical sites within 10 miles? are there any other similar type blocks in the area? are there historical documents which support Romans, Greeks or anyone else in the area? If not, what factors bring you to the conclusion it wasn't Roman, Greek or Egyptian?

[@MrRasZee]

seems they use natural layering grain to crack a line around the bottom

[@GianfrancoFronzi]

On the contrary Brien , if you explore in Italy , you'll find the Romans had the secret of worki9ng and moving large stones . Check out the under mountain tunnel at Forli ,it was cut away to show a tunnel cut into solid rock to go under the mountain range , without light and only man power.

[@jam63112]

Romans built the temple in Jerusalem with very big stones too (Herod's Temple) in 19 BC

[@KonFry]

2:45 Tribal Roots - Aotearoa 🤘

[@kw4690]

chur

[@wheelmanstan]

So who made all those test holes and should people be allowed to walk on it? I worry about it expediting the erosion. Those square holes are very odd, like broaching a keyway in metal rather than drilling a hole which is much easier. I always thought "these" stones were in a more remote area, interesting. It seems impossible to think these particular giant stones were rolled into position by putting wooden wheels on the ends.

[@pranjalanddivyanshisahoo1052]

can you explain the swastik symbol on the stones. since when roman started swatik on their sculptures.

[@ruththomas6361]

The way that "the stone of the pregnant woman" is tilted and buried speaks to me of a combination of earthquake and massive amounts of water moving the stone and sand. Oh, and time. That is way older than Greek or Roman works.

[@trimurthya149]

By whom, why, when, how.

[@theewtgy]

I appears as if those megalithic blocks were deposited there by a mud slide of immense proportions, which dried and hardened around them.

[@metalavenger23]

this actually looks like something the old stonemasons used to do when they cut granite into blocks in quarries. they used to hone out holes in the blocks in a line then they would insert wedges and hammer them in up and down the line in a certain order till the stone broke in the line. i've actually seen this demonstrated those holes in the top of the block look like what the person i watched did to prep those. I dont think they intended to move it all at once. But it would have actually been fairly easy for stone masons back then to do something like this. Though they wouldnt have been able to move it in its current state.

[@BernieRamone351]

wow that's huuuge

[@justaman-km1hl]

The detritus as overburden indicates that the possibility exists that these might be cast not cut. Although the camera was good at certain aspects, lab tests are necessary. Fascinating nevertheless.

[@markw70737]

Why are the test holes square? I would seem much easier to have round test holes. I am not sure the square he's were used for testing the integrity of the stone.

[@RaceActionNL]

Because we dril with and cylindrical drill. Perhaps they had laser tech.

[@mookfaru835]

Because they need the pole not to rotate