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  2. Temple of Jupiter (Baalbek) - Wikipedia

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    The layout of ancient Baalbek including the temple. The huge quarry nearby likely played into the Roman decision to create a huge "Great Court" of a big pagan temple complex in this mountain site, despite being located at 1,145 meters of altitude and lying on the remote eastern border of the Roman Empire. [3]

  3. Baalbek Stones - Wikipedia

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    The blocks known as the Trilithon (the upper of the two largest courses of stone pictured) in the Temple of Jupiter Baal. The Trilithon (Greek: Τρίλιθον), also called the Three Stones, is a group of three horizontally lying giant stones that form part of the podium of the Temple of Jupiter Baal at Baalbek.

  4. Baalbek - Wikipedia

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    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 is considered to be part of Hezbollah group's heartland [13] and is known to be their political stronghold. [14]

  5. Temple of Bacchus - Wikipedia

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    [3] In 1984 the ruins at Baalbek were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [1] Preservation of the site began in the 1990s following the end of the war. The German Archaeological Institute 's Orient Department has done a number of archaeological excavations and research on The Temple of Bacchus and the entire temple complex.

  6. Beqaa Valley - Wikipedia

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    The Temple of Bacchus in Baalbek. The ancient Roman ruins of Baalbek; Temples of the Beqaa Valley, a collection of shrines and Roman temples; Tomb of Khawla, alleged shrine of Khawla the daughter of Husayn ibn Ali; The Umayyad ruins of Anjar; Our Lady of Bekaa, a Marian shrine; The Aammiq Wetland habitat for birds and butterflies

  7. Israeli strike destroys Ottoman-era building near Baalbek ruins

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    An Israeli airstrike has destroyed an Ottoman-era building just a stone's throw from the UNESCO-listed temples of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon, the closest Israel has come yet to striking one of ...

  8. File:Lebanon, Baalbek, Ancient temple complex of Roman ...

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    The following other wikis use this file: Usage on ar.wikipedia.org بعلبك; Usage on cs.wikipedia.org Bakchův chrám; Usage on he.wikipedia.org

  9. Archaeology of Lebanon - Wikipedia

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    Archaeology of Lebanon includes thousands of years of history ranging from Lower Palaeolithic, Phoenician, Roman, Arab, Ottoman, and Crusades periods.. Overview of Baalbek in the late 19th century Archaeological site in Beirut Greek inscription on one of the tombs found in the Roman-Byzantine necropolis, Tyre Trihedral Neolithic axe or pick from Joub Jannine II, Lebanon.