who...in the 8th century BC, was investing in the manpower and equipment to mobilize 16000 lbs of stones up to “a high elevation site”.
Doesn’t pass the sniff test....
Baalbeck in Lebanon has building stones a lot bigger than 8 tons!
Ancient Egyptian building stones were a lot bigger and done much earlier.
You can see on Youtube how a single man can manipulate huge stones (a la Stonehenge) all by himself, basically using
small stones, pulleys, and leverage.
I’m sure the ancient engineers had thought of all sorts of similar ways to move heavy objects, besides simply dragging them.
Your perspicacity is truly a wonder to us all.
Perhaps it's allergies.
To answer your question; Egypt, Babylon, Hittites (were they still around then?), Assyria, Greeks, numerous "nations" in today's India and China.......various cultures in Europe, even.
A kingdom that wishes to survive!
Among others, the Israelites were, duh. Mycenaean Greeks were building tholos tombs (corbelled domes) prior to this time.
Kind David? Solomon? Choose from any number of kings. Maybe the stones were hewn nearby.