ba'albek
An Akkadian
tablet from some four thousand years ago states:
All
we great Anunaki [Anannage]
Decided together on a rule
Anu and addad would rule the Highlands
I [Enlil] would rule the Lowlands
In this
stanza, the Highlands and the Lowlands are relative terms. We
know that Enlil, the Lord of Cultivation, ruled in Kharsag so
that, here, the Lowlands refer to that irrigated plain as distinct
from the surrounding mountains. The Highlands, therefore, were
the higher parts of the Lebanon area. In these parts, today,
there exist the magnificent ruins of Baalbek to remind
us of the almost incredible achievements of gods and men in
times so remote that the mind has difficulty in comprehending
the span of it.
These ruins
comprise an architectural complex the description of which includes
such superlatives as having columns among the tallest ever constructed
on earth; the largest stone blocks ever used for any purpose;
and the boldest architectural engineering feat ever carried
out in the ancient world.
From The
Shining Ones by Christian and Barbara Joy O'Brien
Words
of Wisdom Index
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