Brien Foerster, just back from Lebanon, explains nowhere in the Roman writings are there any references to the cutting and moving of the megalithic stones of Baalbek, and thus we can assert that their own temples were built on earlier foundations. Also, evidence of saw cuts in hard granite stone, as seen above, show technology beyond that of the Romans.
Hugh Newman and Andrew Collins discussed there recent trip Gunung Pedang, the dating that could go back beyond 8,000 BC putting it contemporary with Göbekli Tepe in Turkey. They share their first impressions and discuss the artificial chamber buried deep below the main complex.
The word “megalith” comes from the Ancient Greek “μέγας” (transl. megas meaning “great”) and “λίθος” (transl. lithos meaning “stone”). Megalith also denotes an item consisting of rock(s) hewn in definite shapes for special purposes. It has been used to describe buildings built by people from many parts of the world living in many different periods. A variety of large stones are seen as megaliths, with the most widely known megaliths not being sepulchral. The construction of these structures took place mainly in the Neolithic (though earlier Mesolithic examples are known) and continued into the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.