Fact locks
Roman logistics — not legend
Oracle of the Sun rebuilds Baalbek with consensus engineering: ramps, sledges, rollers, levers, and capstans. No lost technology. No ancient-aliens claims.
Stone & structure
- Local honey-cream Cretaceous limestone for temples and courts
- Aswan rose granite for Propylaea colonnade (12 columns)
- Trilithon: three podium blocks ~19–20 m, each ~800 tonnes
- Jupiter columns ~19.9 m high, ~2.5 m diameter
- Jupiter west high podium; Bacchus south lower
- Terracotta tegula & imbrex roofs; lion-head waterspouts
~800tTrilithon block
19.9mColumn height
12Propylaea granite
0Lost-tech claims
