Stone of the Pregnant Woman

The Baalbek Stones are six massive Roman worked stone blocks in , , characterised by a megalithic gigantism unparalleled in antiquity. The stone was quarried from nearby hillsides, and several of the large monoliths - some only partially hewn from the geology.
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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: monolith in Baalbek
  • Also known as: “Baalbek Stones” and “Stone of the South”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Trilithon and Temple of Bacchus.

Photo: Heinz-Josef Lücking, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
A or trilith is a structure consisting of two large vertical stones supporting a third stone set horizontally across the top. It is commonly used in the context of megalithic monuments. is situated 1 km north of Stone of the Pregnant Woman.

Ruins
Photo: Argenberg, CC BY 4.0.
The is part of the archaeological site, in region of . The temple complex is considered an outstanding archaeological and artistic site of Imperial Roman Architecture and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. is situated 1 km northeast of Stone of the Pregnant Woman.

Ruins
Photo: Cksaad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a colossal Roman temple in , Lebanon. It is the largest of the Roman world after the in . It is unknown who commissioned or designed the temple, nor exactly when it was constructed. is situated 1 km north of Stone of the Pregnant Woman.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baalbek and Duris.

Photo: Eusebius, CC BY 3.0.
بَعلبَك is one of the most spectacular archaeological sites in and one of the country's UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Baalbeck or 'Heliopolis' as it was known is the site of great ancient temples built by the Phoenicians, the Romans, and other civilisations that have conquered the region and enjoyed the fertile soil of the Bekaa Valley.

Village
, also Dûris, formally Doris and also known by its French spelling Douris, is a village located approximately 3 km. southwest of in the Bekaa Valley, .

Village
Majdaloun is a village in the , in Baalbek-Hermel, one of the governorates of Lebanon. Majdaloun is one of the eighty-three municipalities of the and of 1,052 for the whole of Lebanon. is situated 6 km west of Stone of the Pregnant Woman.

Stone of the Pregnant Woman

Latitude
33.99917° or 33° 59′ 57″ north
Longitude
36.20012° or 36° 12′ 0″ east
Open location code
8G5RX6X2+M2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 244881406
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Wiki­data ID
Q662865
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Stone of the Pregnant Woman” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حجر الحبلى”
  • Arabic: “حجر القبلة‎‎”
  • Arabic: “صخرة المرأة الحامل”
  • Armenian: “Հարավային քար”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвы камень”
  • Finnish: “Hajar al hubla”
  • French: “Pierre de la femme enceinte”
  • German: “Stein der schwangeren Frau”
  • Greek: “Πέτρα της εγκύου”
  • Hebrew: “אבני בעלבכ”
  • Japanese: “妊婦の石”
  • Russian: “Камень беременной женщины”
  • Russian: “Камень юга”
  • Russian: “Южный камень”
  • Russian: “Южный Камень”
  • Slovenian: “Baalbeški kamni”
  • Spanish: “Piedra de la mujer embarazada”
  • Spanish: “Piedra de la Mujer Embarazada”
  • Spanish: “Piedra del sur”
  • Tamil: “கருத்தரித்த பெண்ணின் கல்”
  • Turkish: “Baalbek Taşları”
  • Ukrainian: “Камінь вагітної жінки”

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