 To complete it, a trench was dug around the mountain, and huge stone "bricks" were laid.Some of these weighed well over 100 tons, the largest measuring 44.6 feet by 11 feet by 16.5 feet and weighing approximately 567 to 628 tons, while most were in the range of 2.5 by 3.5 by 15 feet (approximately 28 tons).King Herod had architects from Greece, Rome and Egypt plan the construction.