The
massive foundation platform of Baal Hadad is like no other structure
in the world. It is over 90 metres long and nearly 60 metres
wide and stands some 10 metres proud of the underlying rock.
The Trilithon is composed of three stones each measuring 19
metres long x 4.2 metres wide x 3.6 metres broad. Hewn from
natural crystalline limestone with a specific gravity of about
2.7, from a quarry 1 km mile away, they weigh 870 tons each.
They have been raised to a height of 10 metres and have been
so accurately cut and placed that a razor's edge cannot be placed
between them.
They have been laid upon a layer of 19 similar blocks weighing
between 350 and 400 tons each.
A stone named the Stone of the South remains in the quarry measuring
21.3 x 4.9 x 4.3 metres and weighing 1,250 tons.
Local mythology says that the platform was built by Cain to
hide from the wrath of God. It is also added that Cain met his
death when his light chariot crashed into the side of Mount
Hermon and he was buried there.
Golden Age Project Comments
Picture from
the Wonders of the Past
