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3 days ago · Now. Israel's war on Lebanon ... The Roman ruins of the Temple of Bacchus in Baalbek, Lebanon, 2 July 2023 (Anwar Amro/Reuters) ... it launched its attack on Israel on 8 October 2023 as both a ...
The Temple of Bacchus is part of the Baalbek archaeological site, in Beqaa Valley region of Lebanon. [1] The temple complex is considered an outstanding archaeological and artistic site of Imperial Roman Architecture and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. [1]
1 day ago · Baalbek is a large archaeological complex encompassing the ruins of an ancient Roman town in eastern Lebanon. Among its notable ruins are a Temple of Jupiter and a Temple of Bacchus, and an annual music festival takes place at the temple complex.
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Baalbek was first occupied around 10,000BC as one of many tells (the Arabic for mounds) in the Bekaa, which is full of prehistoric and Neolithic settlements. One of the first items in the exhibition at Sursock Museum is a fragment of a slaked-lime vessel from 7,000 BC, displayed alongside a second-century sculpture of a male torso and detailed pede...
In the 17th century, the West began its colonial expansion into the region - and Baalbek’s Roman complex was ripe for centuries of orientalist appropriation. With the growth in scientific and archaeological research from the 17th to 19th century, Europeans began classifying, preserving and ultimately claiming the site as their own. English 17th-cen...
In 1920, the French Mandate decreed the Bekaa was officially Lebanese territory and the grand Roman complex became the emblem of the new nation. Its pillars appeared on stamps, banknotes and postcards - all of which are included in the exhibition. By the 1950s it was featured in film posters and tourism promotions, but its use as a national symbol ...
Mahlouji says he disagrees with the idea of keeping the monument timeless, while the city evolves, separate and ignored – a notion often echoed by the local people. “What needs to be done is to stop the segregation between what is archaeological, and controlled by the Tourism Ministry, and the living city,” Mahlouji explains. “They’re creating wide...
3 days ago · Close. Israel bombed the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek on Wednesday and killed 19 people, the country’s health ministry said. At least 11 people, including three women, were slain in an ...
Aug 3, 2020 · Located in Lebanon, the Baalbek temple complex includes two of the largest and grandest temple ruins: the Temple of Bacchus and the Temple of Jupiter. It was inscribed in 1984 as an UNESCO World Heritage site.
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May 20, 2021 · Baalbek is a large and impressive Roman site in Lebanon which is home to the largest Roman temple ever built, as well as a range of other magnificent ancient structures. The site was inscribed in 1984 as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
