1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:29,960 So we're at the quarry, the cycle of Romans. 2 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:42,960 We have the stone of the pregnant woman, this huge thousand-ton block, which is just phenomenal, 3 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,960 but not even the biggest flow clay. 4 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:50,960 Local archaeologists have given us a tour of the site, but he is a firm believer. 5 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:55,960 This is simply a Roman block that they didn't finish, so I didn't move. 6 00:00:55,960 --> 00:01:08,960 But there's speculation and we're here to try and find the evidence that this block and another two are actually far older than the Roman period, 7 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:14,960 and could date back thousands of years prior to Christian times. 8 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:16,960 And it's quite an phenomenal sphere. 9 00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:19,960 I mean, it's just incredible the size of that. 10 00:01:19,960 --> 00:01:24,960 But we're looking at these subpoest rock cut tombs as well. 11 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:33,960 They're supposed to be Roman or Byzantine, but are they? Could they be older? Could they be a clone at the true age of the site? 12 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:35,960 Let's have a look. 13 00:01:42,960 --> 00:01:44,960 You can see all the different layers. 14 00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:47,960 So that carries down. 15 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:56,960 Look, there's even a tire there. Just shows how quickly it gets filled up. 16 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:21,960 I'm here at the base of the excavations of possibly the largest stone block in the world, about 1650 tons, carved out of the bedrock by whom? 17 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,960 That's what we're here to find out. 18 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:33,960 And I'm looking right to the base, the bedrock area of this stone, assuming that that's here somewhere. 19 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:48,960 Just to see if there is any evidence of prehistoric activity here, or whether it is as the academics tell us, these were carved out created in Roman times. 20 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:50,960 So let's see what we find. 21 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:56,960 Well, I would say that most of the debris here has come down to this level from a much later date. 22 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:06,960 In other words, there was a time when this was absolutely clear because I mean, you've got relatively modern debt debris. 23 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,960 You've got medieval pottery coming out here. 24 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:17,960 Large, you know, jar stuff like this that probably only dates to medieval times, 25 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,960 or by zantine times maybe. 26 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:27,960 I mean, obviously it would be nice just to see whether there was any prehistoric activity here. 27 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:38,960 But in such a small period of time it might be difficult, but we'll have a look. 28 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:44,960 I can't see any evidence yet, a prehistoric activity. 29 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:55,960 But to be honest, I think you would need to look for a longer period of time, but we'll continue to examine the site and see if we can find any other date in evidence. 30 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:19,960 Okay, we've just heard the official view on what's going on in this quarry. 31 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:25,960 Why that big block, you know, the standard of the preclinant woman was created. 32 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:33,960 Why we have these strange monoliths that are obviously carved out, but have been left in place. 33 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,960 None of it is making any sense whatsoever. 34 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:49,960 He's saying that all they found was Roman, evidence of Roman activity, evidence of Byzantine, no prehistoric activity whatsoever. 35 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:58,960 When they cut down right to the bedrock with this even larger block that was found next to the standard of pregnant woman. 36 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:07,960 And that might be right as far as what he's saying, but he's also saying that all of this was done for the Roman temple of Jupiter. 37 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:20,960 That there was nothing, essentially around beforehand, although he doesn't meet that Neolithic remains worth found at Bellebancel himself, when the archaeologists tried to push down to the bedrock. 38 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:28,960 So we know that there was prehistoric activity locally, but as far as this site, this quarry is the nothing is making sense at all. 39 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:48,960 It's almost like there is some kind of, you know, sort of misinformation being given out to tourists about what is going on here, what the stones represent, their purpose, why they were left behind, why they too incredible monoliths were left in place. 40 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:53,960 Very clearly they were cut out of the bedrock and left, why too side by side. 41 00:05:53,960 --> 00:06:01,960 They wouldn't do that unless there was a function, a magical function for them. 42 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:10,960 So it is only when we can be left to ourselves and start to come up with some tru answers. 43 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:13,960 Well it all begins to come together and make sense. 44 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:40,960 Well it's very ominous. 45 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:48,960 We arrive at Bellebancel, the place of Zeus, Jupiter, but also of the God, Bale Haddad. 46 00:06:48,960 --> 00:07:01,960 He is the God of storms and weather and just on cue, a thunderstorm starts, thunder rumbling all the way around us. 47 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:06,960 Is this a sign of the presence of the God himself? 48 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:37,960 We're now at the start of the self. 49 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:43,960 This is another huge block over a thousand tons in size. 50 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:49,960 Parts of it have been cut out, but it's very clearly a building block. 51 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:59,960 It's at the same alignment, interestingly enough, as the stone of the pregnant woman, which is in the quarry next to it, which I find intriguing. 52 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:07,960 I'm down here amongst the dirt and muck, actually looking for any kind of dating evidence. 53 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:17,960 But it's all mixed up, everything is mostly just recent stuff, including complete crap, plastic bottles and whatever else. 54 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:23,960 But I've just seen if there is anything that can give us an indication of age. 55 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:37,960 What would be nice is to see here some kind of flint implement something that could tell us that it was actually carved using stone as opposed to metal. 56 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:39,960 I can't see that. 57 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:49,960 And that's obviously concerning, but it doesn't necessarily mean there for that we have to accept that these blocks were created during Roman times. 58 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:59,960 We have to completely keep an open mind and continue to look for evidence that will give us the solution to this mystery. 59 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:25,960 I mean, apparently there's not been any excavations down here because some private land. 60 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:55,960 I would recommend to do some excavation in there because this could give you positive clues, I think, for the first people to use the quarry. 61 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:13,960 Thank you.