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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" .
The Baal Lebanon inscription is thought to mention Hiram.. The beginning date of Hiram's reign is derived from a statement by Josephus by citing both Tyrian court records and the writings of Menander, [12] relating that 143 years passed between the start of construction of Solomon's Temple until the founding of Carthage (or until Dido's flight that led to its founding).
Borobudur Temple Compounds is the World Heritage designation of the area of three Buddhist temples in Central Java, Indonesia. It comprises Borobudur , Mendut , and Pawon . The temples were built during the Shailendra dynasty around the 8th and 9th centuries CE and fall on a straight line.
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Instead of being built on a flat surface, Borobudur is built on a natural hill. However, construction technique is similar to other temples in Java. Without the inner spaces seen in other temples, and with a general design similar to the shape of pyramid , Borobudur was first thought more likely to have served as a stupa , instead of a temple ...
English: The map of Borobudur Archaeological Park and its surrounding, showing that Mendut, Pawon, and Borobudur forming a straight line. Self made, redrawed from google map. Self made, redrawed from google map.
Known as Qasr Antar, it was the highest temple of the ancient world, sitting at 2,814 metres (9,232 ft) above sea level. It was documented by Sir Charles Warren in 1869. Warren described the temple as a rectangular building, sitting on an oval, stone plateau without roof.
Jerusalem on the Madaba Map. The Madaba Map, also known as the Madaba Mosaic Map, is part of a floor mosaic in the early Byzantine church of Saint George in Madaba, Jordan.. The mosaic map depicts an area from Lebanon in the north to the Nile Delta in the south, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Eastern Desert.