However, scholars were puzzled as to how workmen could have handled the colossal blocks measuring approximately 50 feet [15 m] by 10 feet [3 m] by 9 feet [3 m] that the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus described.
Namun, para pakar merasa heran dengan caranya para pekerja menggunakan potongan batu yang sangat besar berukuran sekitar 15 meter kali 3 meter kali 3 meter yang digambarkan sejarawan Yahudi Flavius Yosefus.