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The Baalbek Stones are six massive Roman [1] worked stone blocks in Baalbek (ancient Heliopolis), Lebanon, characterised by a megalithic gigantism unparallelled in antiquity. How the stones were moved from where they were quarried to their final locations is uncertain.
The Temple of Jupiter is a colossal Roman temple in Baalbek, Lebanon.It is the largest of the Roman world after the Temple of Venus and Roma in Rome.It is unknown who commissioned or designed the temple, nor exactly when it was constructed.
"A documentation in stone of Acarina in the Roman Temple of Bacchus in Baalbek, Lebanon, about 150 AD". Bull Ann Soc Ent Belgique. Jessup, Samuel. Ba'albek (Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt) Ed. Appleton & Co. New York, 1881 Lewis, Norman N. (1999). "Baalbek Before and After the Earthquake of 1759: The Drawings of James Bruce". Levant.
Baalbek's tourism sector has encountered challenges due to conflicts in Lebanon, particularly the 1975–1990 civil war, the ongoing Syrian civil war since 2011, [9] [11] and the Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present). [12] Baalbek has been a stronghold of the militant organization Hezbollah since the 1980s.
Monolith with bull, fox, and crane in low relief at Göbekli Tepe. The density of most stone is between 2 and 3 tons per cubic meter. Basalt weighs about 2.8 to 3.0 tons per cubic meter; granite averages about 2.75 metric tons per cubic meter; limestone, 2.7 metric tons per cubic meter; sandstone or marble, 2.5 tons per cubic meter.
BAALBEK/NABATIEH, Lebanon (Reuters) - In south Lebanon, Hezbollah's yellow flag fluttered atop a vast pile of rubble that was once part of Nabatieh's old market. In eastern Lebanon, rubble also ...
Baalbek is a key population centre in the Bekaa Valley, near the border with Syria. It is a largely rural area and one of Lebanon’s poorest regions. Hezbollah has established part of its ...
Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek Roman temple of Qsarnaba, near Zahle, Lebanon The column of Iaat in the Beqaa valley, probably a Roman shrine. In the first century the Temples started to be built, using the nearby quarries with famous ""Monoliths".