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    of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate. In 1998, Baalbek had a population of 82,608, mostly Shia Muslims, followed by Sunni Muslims and Christians. Baalbek has...
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    The Baalbek Stones are six massive Roman worked stone blocks in Baalbek (ancient Heliopolis), Lebanon, characterised by a megalithic gigantism unparallelled...
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    world after the Temple of Venus and Roma in Rome. It is situated at the Baalbek complex in Heliopolis Syriaca, It is unknown who commissioned or designed...
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    The Temple of Bacchus is part of the Baalbek archaeological site, in Beqaa Valley region of Lebanon. The temple complex is considered an outstanding archaeological...
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    Baalbek District (Arabic: قضاء بعلبك) is an administrative district in the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate of the Republic of Lebanon, having the city Baalbek...
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    Baalbek-Hermel (Arabic: بعلبك - الهرمل) is a governorate of Lebanon. It comprises the districts of Baalbek and Hermel, which in turn are subdivided into...
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    metres (3,120 ft) on a foothill of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains in Baalbek District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon, settled since the Neolithic. In the...
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  • Hadath Baalbek (Arabic: حدث بعلبك) is a village in the Baalbek District of the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate in Lebanon. In 1838, Eli Smith noted el-Hadeth's...
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    Ras Baalbek (Arabic: رأس بعلبك) is a village in the northern Beqaa Valley in Lebanon. Ras Baalbek is 500 metres west of a Neolithic rock shelter called...
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  • The siege of Baalbek in 1139 was undertaken by Imad al-Din Zengi who laid siege to the city in August and captured it in October. In 1139 Imad al-Din...
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