At the southern entrance of Baalbeck is a quarry where the stones used in the temples were cut. A huge block, considered the largest hewn stone in the world, still sits where it was cut almost 2,000 years ago. Called the "Stone of the Pregnant Woman", it is 21.5m x 4.8m x 4.2meters in size and weighs an estimated
1,200 tons.
1 ton = 2,240 lb (exactly 1,016.0469088 kg)
x 1,200 tons
= 2,688,000 pounds
Assuming an average slave could pull, say 200 lbs each, that would take 13,440 people pulling at once to even start to move one inch.
Do you honestly see that happening in this case, beyond a shred of a doubt?
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