Baalbek Temple Lebanon Roman Empire Ruins Guided Tour of Massive Megalithic Structure

Tour inside the massive Baalbek Temple complex in Lebanon. Truly astonishing ruins. Guided tour of how the Roman Empire and others built these massive megalithic structures. It has puzzled the greatest minds for centuries. Based on all the available evidence this video shows how it was built. Ask 5 archaeologist's their opinion on anything and you will get 10 different answers. All opinions are based on individual interpretation and are subject to change over time. What remains true is that this place was built. How it was built and by whom is hotly contested. Roman Empire 3:45 Temple of Jupiter 4:08 How they moved 1400 ton megaliths 15:51 Temple of Bacchus 17:00 Temple of Venus 23:00 Our tour guide Hassan is a local archaeologist and historian. He has been working on the Baalbek site for over forty years. Baalbek is a UNESCO world heritage site. If you are interested in ancient civilizations and get the chance to visit. It's a place that you must see in person. It is epic in proportions. Baalbek is the largest temple complex in the whole of the Roman Empire. tldr; It is amazing what can be achieved with an almost unlimited amount of slave labour from across the Roman Empire. 90% of the slaves that worked on the temple complex where from as far away as Spain, Gaul and maybe even Britain? That fact alone is astonishing. The great Temple of Jupiter was glistening in the midday furnace that is the Bekaa valley. It was very hot but we just had to go on the tour as we couldn't wait to hear about this amazing structure. There is a bit of wind noise on the video so I've included closed captions so you can read what the guide is saying. This is also called Heliopolis it's a truly fascinating place. The ancient megaliths of Baalbek Lebanon in the Beqaa (Bekaa) Valley have baffled people for 1,000's of years. How on earth were these massive structures built? How were the Baalbek megaliths moved. How was it possible for such early human civilizations to move these huge stone monoliths some of which were from as far away as Aswan in Egypt? There are many questions even today. Many individual stones are between 400 and 800 tons each and some megaliths are 1400 tons each. Was Baalbek constructed by Aliens? Many people actually believe that Aliens must have had something to do with the construction because the stones are so massive? Check out part two in this series on my channel. The tunnels under Baalbek.    • Baalbek Temple Complex Lebanon | Ancient T...   We know the temple was very important because it contains the largest and tallest columns ever built by the Roman empire. They are massive. The people had no equipment capable of moving such huge stones so how did they do it? The seemingly impossible task is explained in this video. it's hard to believe that people can be so wicked and cruel. 100,000's of slaves from all over the Roman empire were brought to build the temples. It took hundreds of years to build. Millions died in the building process. This small town in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley has a very long history encompassing Neolithic, Bronze age, Greek and Roman antiquity, it was known as Heliopolis, the city of the sun. (Sun city) It possesses some of the best preserved and extensive Roman empire age ruins in the world. Baalbek is a UNESCO World heritage site. The whole site is massive and each temple is individually impressive. To have three temples all in one place is incredibly unusual and rare. The Temple of Bacchus celebrates the fact that Bacchus was the god of wine and debauchery. Parties would go on for days on end and all kinds of pleasures indulged. Stone carvings depict people enjoying all the fruits of the Beqaa Valley. Bacchus was a hermaphrodite (possessed both male and female genitals) and was held in the highest regard. People at that time wanted to please their gods and to please Bacchus was simple all you had to do was have a good time. The Temple of Jupiter. Jupiter was the king of all the gods. Jupiter's temple is the largest on the site as denotes his position in the pantheon of the gods. Jupiter also known as Jove was a sky god and controlled the sun and weather including thunder and lightning. The Temple of Venus. There are several stone carvings of Venus. She was the goddess of love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity and victory. Venus is carved into the Baalbek stones as if rising out of the ocean in a shell. Just like Aphrodite. The connections are obvious. The whole temple complex site is beautifully enigmatic. It's size and construction boggles the mind and it's incredible to think that they built this place over 2,000 years ago. It is massive. #baalbek #lebanon #romanruins Camera EOS Canon 70 D Affiliate link https://amzn.to/2m5dPSU You can help to support my video making by using the above link. Music by Doug Maxwell Media Rights Productions Arabian Nightfall and Arabian Bazaar by Twin Musicom and Kevin Macleod Ibn_Al_Noor