— Archimedes of Syracuse.
— Archimedes of Syracuse.
It appears the builders of Baalbek had planned to place more giant stones in their temple. So heavy stone block 1m x 1m x1 m instead of having weight of 1,000 kg appears to weigh only 500 kg when submerged in water. Simple engineering techniques, human power, craftsmanship and a good management were the components. Filed Under: Guest Authors, Mystic Places, Strange Artifacts Tagged With: Henk J. Koens, movine heavy stone blocks in ancient times, transport of huge stone blocks, Trilithon at Baalbeck, […] idea for the moving of the stones without and Atlantis-like or ET civilization, and the idea is to use a canal and so using the buoyant force to make the stones weigh less and thus easier to transport and put […], […] The Trilithon and Transport of the Baalbek Foundation Stones […], […] http://blog.world-mysteries.com/strange-artifacts/the-trilithon-and-transport-of-the-baalbek-foundat… […]. Hereafter the quarry area was flooded by gradually opening the water gate on the quarry side. Positioning the stone block on the lower foundation layer by sinking it in the flooded area. Please be aware that the disclaimer appearing on this page does not apply to these linked sites. The building site of the temple and the quarry were located at the same altitude. Links outside of the World-Mysteries.com web site (external links) are provided for user convenience and do not necessarily constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the World-Mysteries.com. The Ptolemys conferred the title of Heliopolis upon Baalbek. The pontoon system was able to lift the huge foundation stone as soon as the water level was high enough and the whole assembly became a floating object. Pyramids of Egypt are located near the shoreline of the ancient bed of the Nile. Archimedes’ principle (or Archimedes’s principle) is a law of physics stating that the upward buoyant force exerted on a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid the body displaces. In this way it was easy to transport the stone block through the opened water-gate over the canal to the flooded building site at the end.Easy navigation made it possible to reach the destination with great precision. NOTE: Vertical scale exaggerated to show ancient Nile river channel (on the left). If we add a buoyancy device made of seasoned & dry wood, for example Cedar of Lebanon with density 581 kg /m3 we can float 1,000 kg block of limestone using just 1.2 m3 of the wood !
After closing the water-gate the building site was emptied by opening the outlet.A perfect alignment could be reached by afterwards redressing the stone blocks and the Lewis holes are no longer present (see next pictures).
The unique geographical situation that the quarry and building site were located on the same level made it possible that the Romans moved the world’s weightiest monoliths. Both areas could be emptied afterwards by opening the outlets (see next picture). In the 1990s, a new monolith was discovered in the same quarry. If we manage to place very large stone block in water, force to keep it floating will be much smaller than force required to lift it and move it on land. The so called Trilithon composed of three stones each measuring 19 metres long x 4.2 metres high x 3.6 metres wide, hewn from crystalline limestone, weighing 870 tons each. Copyright 2012 by Henk J. KoensAll Rights Reserved.Presented with author’s permission. Four support blocks were placed under the stone block.
In addition, horizontal movement of such a block will also require very small force (since there is practically no friction). So there is a good possibility that the Romans have used a canal to transport the foundation stones and perhaps also the other heavy stone blocks. Then they made a deep carve on the top backside of the stone block and placed wedges in the carve.After a procedure of controled hammering on the wedges the stone block splitted and rested on the support blocks.Then the galery for the second ponton could be made by removing the material on the other side of the stone block. By Henk J. Koens. The same is true of the three foundation blocks 'The trilithon', in the nearby Baalbek temple, which have the following dimensions: The largest is 65 feet in length, the second 64 ft 10 inches; and the third 63ft 2 inches. Papyrus boats with the stones tided up underneath, waiting for high level of the Nile’s. Views expressed here are not necessarily endorsed by the hosting organization, World-Mysteries.com, our ISP or any sponsoring individuals or organizations.