Temple of Jupiter (Baalbek)

What the Show Claims

• ›Roman temple built atop a platform of massive pre-Roman megalithic stones
• ›Foundation stones weigh up to 1,650 tons — no known Roman technology could move them
• ›Ancient alien theorists suggest the platform predates Rome by thousands of years

What Archaeology Says

The Roman Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek (c. 16 BC–60 AD) was built on a pre-existing Phoenician sanctuary. The massive foundation platform stones — the Trilithon — were quarried from a site 900 meters away. Roman engineers were well documented using large cranes and organized labor to move enormous stones; comparable stones were moved throughout the Roman world.