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  2. Baalbek Stones - Wikipedia

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    The blocks known as the Trilithon (the upper of the two largest courses of stone pictured) in the Temple of Jupiter Baal. The Trilithon (Greek: Τρίλιθον), also called the Three Stones, is a group of three horizontally lying giant stones that form part of the podium of the Temple of Jupiter Baal at Baalbek. The location of the megalithic ...

  3. Pumapunku - Wikipedia

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    On finished blocks, each blind hole houses a tiny T-shaped cramp socket, proving that the blocks should be mated with others. Archaeologists dispute whether the transport of these stones was by the large labor force of ancient Tiwanaku. Several conflicting theories attempt to imagine the ways this labor force transported the stones, although ...

  4. Tiwanaku - Wikipedia

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    The second-largest stone block found within the Pumapunku is estimated to be 85 metric tonnes. [17] [18] Scattered around the site of the Puma Punku are various types of cut stones. Due to the complexity of the stonework the site is often cited by conspiracy theorists to be a site of ancient alien intervention. These claims are entirely ...

  5. Archaeologists Found a Mysterious Ancient Stone That Could ...

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    Cobá took its place in Maya culture no earlier than 100 B.C., and enjoyed a continuous life as a city until about 1,200 A.D. Known as the “city of chopped water,” the site may have had up to ...

  6. List of largest monoliths - Wikipedia

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    St. Peter's Square, Vatican City: Ancient Egypt: Removed to Rome in ancient imperial times and re-erected. Relocated in an upright position by Domenico Fontana in 1586 for Pope Sixtus V. 285 t [83] Pompey's Pillar: Column Alexandria, Egypt: Diocletian: Column shaft 20.75 m long, of pink granite (lapis syeneites) quarried in Aswan. Erected 298 ...

  7. 2,600-year-old blocks of cheese found in pottery at pyramid ...

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    Inside, the vessels contained blocks of white cheese, experts said. The cheese dated back to the 26th or 27th Egyptian dynasty, archaeologists said, or about 2,600 years ago, according to the Met ...

  8. Construction of the Egyptian pyramids - Wikipedia

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    Their study estimates the number of blocks used in construction was between 2 and 2.8 million (an average of 2.4 million), but settles on a reduced finished total of 2 million after subtracting the estimated volume of the hollow spaces of the chambers and galleries. [44] Most sources agree on this number of blocks somewhere above 2.3 million. [45]

  9. Archaeologists Found a Mind-Blowing Cluster of Ancient Lost ...

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    Through mapping 115 square miles with light detection and ranging (LIDAR) technology, the team found evidence of a 2,500-year-old settlement (named Sangay) that could’ve been home to a ...