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Classic: The Baalbek Trilithon

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

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The Trilophon Is a Complex of the Size of a Yo

We don't even know of firmly, what gods the three temples were dedicated to. The one date that we do have is from what we can only guess was a board stone mason. Without more concrete evidence, there's a lot we'll never know for sure about the trilophon. But archaeologists have worked out some really interesting hypotheses that are just as impressive as aliens or giants.

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