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  • 2021-03-31 (xsd:date)
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  • Viral Image Claims To Show A Massive Stone From The Pyramids Of Giza (en)
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  • An image shared on Facebook nearly 700 times purportedly shows a massive stone block from the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. Verdict: False The image shows a stone block in Baalbek, Lebanon, not a stone used to build the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. Fact Check: Featured in the image is a large stone block that dwarfs the few people standing near it. The caption describes it as a single stone from the Pyramids of Giza, which were built by the Egyptians several thousand years ago. Through a reverse image search, Check Your Fact discovered the picture does not show a block from the Pyramids of Giza, but rather from a limestone quarry in Baalbek, Lebanon. It appears in a 2014 io9 article published on the Gizmodo website that reports about the German Archaeological Institute discovering another nearby giant block, which can be seen partially-buried in the photo. The fully-exposed monolith dates back to about 27 B.C. and weighs over 1,000 tons, according to io9 . Similarly massive stone blocks were used to help build the nearby Temple of Jupiter in Baalbek, Discovery News reported. (RELATED: Image Claims To Show Lightning Over The Pyramids Of Giza) The German Archaeological Institute said in a statement that the block pictured to the right and beneath the fully-uncovered stone is the biggest boulder known from antiquity and was meant to be transported and used without being cut, according to Discovery News . It was likely meant to be used in the Temple of Jupiter, Smithsonian Magazine reported. Check Your Fact previously debunked an image that was alleged to show a lightning strike over the famed Giza pyramids. That image had been digitally altered by an artist to include lightning. (en)
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