Baalbek (/ˈbɑːlbɛk, ˈbeɪəlbɛk/; Arabic: بَعْلَبَكّ, romanized: Baʿlabakk; Syriac-Aramaic: ܒܥܠܒܟ) is a city located east of the Litani River in Lebanon's...
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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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Temple of Bacchus (redirect from Temple of Bacchus (Baalbek))
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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after the Temple of Venus and Roma in Rome. It is situated at the Baalbek complex in Baalbek, Lebanon, It is unknown who commissioned or designed the temple...
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Baalbek District (Arabic: قضاء بعلبك) is an administrative district[citation needed] in the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate of the Republic of Lebanon, having...
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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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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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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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