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Haaretz
December 3, 2017
The fragments confirm that the colossal structure was somewhere in between a Roman basilica and Greek stoa – both being, simply, roofed meeting places, places of administration, government, law and trading ... The other is a colossal temple dedicated to Jupiter in Heliopolis – today Baalbek in Lebanon.
Telegraph.co.uk
November 22, 2017
But there is something special about Baalbek. The modern town which bears the name is practically synonymous with the Roman structures at its heart. Especially the colossal Temple of Bacchus, a second century (AD) marvel which would bear comparison to the Parthenon in Athens were it a) not a legacyÃÂ ...
Telegraph.co.uk
October 5, 2017
The remains of Baalbek - a Roman city of considerable size and beauty - are still out of reach. They sit in the upper half of the Bekaa Valley ...
StepFeed
August 10, 2017
Lebanon is home to some of the most fascinating and impressive ruins in the Middle East and the world. From ancient Roman ruins that rival ...
Aljazeera.com
July 14, 2017
Built in 1874 by an Orthodox Greek businessman from Constantinople who recognised the tourist appeal of Baalbek's spectacular Roman ruins ...
The National
July 8, 2017
Held in the Roman Temple of Bacchus in Baalbek, Lebanon, the almost month-long festival brings Lebanese music and music, culture and ...
StepFeed
September 4, 2016
The incredible ruins of Lebanon's Baalbek will be accessible for free to the ... of the Roman world and a model of Imperial Roman architecture.
The New Yorker
December 18, 2014
Baalbek, Lebanon, is the site of one of the most mysterious ruins of the Roman Empire, a monumental two-thousand-year-old temple to Jupiter ...
CNN
July 17, 2013
I approached Baalbek on a hot, dry day out of Beirut, down a broken road where children played, oblivious to passing cars. I pulled up by a ...
Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA)
October 4, 2017
... Byblos, considered to be the world's oldest city; Baalbek, which is home to Roman Empire ruins; and Ksara, an area famed for winemaking.
The Australian
August 30, 2017
Ibrahim Nehmo, the senior pastor at the Roman Catholic church in Ras Baalbek, a Lebanese village located on the foothills of the mountainsÃÂ ...
Jordan Times
August 30, 2017
The Baalbek temples and Roman ruins in the foothills northeast of Litani River, 85km north of Beirut, are a treat to watch. Baalbek is an ancientÃÂ ...
Roads and Kingdoms
August 23, 2017
Locals kept making wine under the Hellenic, Assyrian, Babylonian, Roman, and ... Dayr Al Ahmar, home to the Couvent Rouge winery, near Baalbek in theÃÂ ...
Metro
August 20, 2017
'A salute from our troops fighting Isis in the jurds [barrens] of Ras Baalbek to the victims of Spain and the whole world,' a caption said.
Linn's Stamp News
August 12, 2017
The 5pi stamp features the temple of Venus in Baalbek. ... Baalbek is the home of the magnificent Roman ruins that can be considered as partÃÂ ...
StepFeed
August 11, 2017
From ancient Roman ruins that rival anything in Italy to incredible crusader ... Situated between the cities of Zahleh and Baalbek in the BekaaÃÂ ...
StepFeed
August 10, 2017
Lebanon is home to some of the most fascinating and impressive ruins in the Middle East and the world. From ancient Roman ruins that rivalÃÂ ...
The Local France
July 30, 2017
The celebrated festival is one of the most popular cultural events and is held in Baalbek's spectacular Roman ruins, drawing large crowds.
Aljazeera.com
July 14, 2017
Built in 1874 by an Orthodox Greek businessman from Constantinople who recognised the tourist appeal of Baalbek's spectacular Roman ruinsÃÂ ...
The National
May 15, 2017
Ruins in Lebanon's Roman city of Baalbek. Archaeology and history are attracting western tourists to the country. Ahmed Shalha / Reuters.
StepFeed
September 4, 2016
The incredible ruins of Lebanon's Baalbek will be accessible for free to the ... of the Roman world and a model of Imperial Roman architecture.
The New Yorker
December 18, 2014
Baalbek , Lebanon, is the site of one of the most mysterious ruins of the Roman Empire, a monumental two-thousand-year-old temple to JupiterÃÂ ...
Ancient Origins
December 1, 2014
During the period of Roman rule, Baalbek was known as Heliopolis (“City of the Sun”), and housed one of the largest and grandest sanctuariesÃÂ ...
CNN
July 17, 2013
I approached Baalbek on a hot, dry day out of Beirut, down a broken road where children played, oblivious to passing cars. I pulled up by aÃÂ ...
Mintpress News (blog)
March 17, 2017
She saw the foundations of Baalbek and Thebes and Ephesus laid; she saw these villages grow into mighty cities and amaze the world with their grandeur - and she has lived to see them desolate, deserted, and given over to the owls and the bats.
Mintpress News (blog)
March 17, 2017
She saw the foundations of Baalbek and Thebes and Ephesus laid; she saw these villages grow into mighty cities and amaze the world with their grandeur - and she has lived to see them desolate, deserted, and given over to the owls and the bats.
The National
March 9, 2017
... they discovered they had a close connection regarding the heritage of monuments, like in Baalbek in Lebanon and Palmyra in Syria.
Prince George Citizen
January 19, 2017
Precision cut stones with equidistant 6 mm drill holes exist at Puma Punku, Bolivia and, structures at Tiawanaku, Sacsayhuaman and Machu Picchu in the Americas and Baalbek in Lebanon boggle the mind as to how they were built in ancient times. It's ...
BBC News
January 8, 2017
On sections of the old Roman road between Baalbek and Damascus, inscriptions in Greek, the official language, and in Latin, the language of the soldiers, can still be seen, describing how the road was rebuilt higher up to avoid destruction by flooding.
Apache
December 21, 2016
Pas toen ik Palmyra en Baalbek had bezocht, daagde het mij dat het Oost-Romeinse Rijk niet stond voor een uithoek, en dat Tongrorum slechts een negorij was in vergelijking met de stad der duizend zuilen. Hetzelfde geldt ongetwijfeld voor Byzantium, dat ...
Your Middle East
December 13, 2016
From Batroun in the north of Lebanon it is an uphill drive of about 35 minutes to reach Nehla, a typical Lebanese mountain village at an altitude of 950m.
The New Yorker
December 4, 2016
Its slickest publication had been Dabiq, a magazine named for a Syrian town where, in the seventh century, Armageddon was prophesied to play out in an apocalyptic battle with infidel forces from the Roman Empire. Symbolically, the village was a potent ...
New York Times
November 18, 2016
Within two weeks we'd crossed the country several times, stopping in places we'd only heard the adults speak about: the Roman ruins at Baalbek, the Crusaders' sea castle in Sidon, the palace of Emir Bashir II in Beiteddine, the pockmarked sniper alleys ...
Artforum
October 11, 2016
... the two-thousand-year-old Temple of Bacchus, as part of "The Silent Echo," the first exhibition of contemporary art ever to be staged among the vast Roman ruins of the ancient city of Baalbek, I pretty much dropped everything, moved scheduling ...
Scotsman
October 9, 2016
This was how the 33-year-old governor of Baalbek-Hermel described the World Heritage Site of the temples of Jupiter and Bacchus in Lebanon.
The National
October 3, 2016
Magda has a handful of Lebanese clients, probably because she is in the midst of a massive love affair with Lebanon. The back shelf of her car is festooned with the red and white cedar flag and she wears a cedar pendant bought in Baalbek. "What can I say?
The National
October 3, 2016
Located an hour's drive north-east from the Lebanese capital, Beirut, it is one of the largest temples of the Roman Empire, where visitors fade almost to nothing beside the Temple of Jupiter's towering columns and the soaring stone edifice of the ...
The Friday Flyer
September 30, 2016
I'm not going to talk about all we did, just to say we toured all over Lebanon: Beirut, The Cedars, Baalbek, Tyre. We also took a pilgrimage to ... Father arranged for me to spend a few days in Rome on my way home. A friend of my dad's was supposed to ...
The Friday Flyer
September 30, 2016
I'm not going to talk about all we did, just to say we toured all over Lebanon: Beirut, The Cedars, Baalbek, Tyre. We also took a pilgrimage to ... Father arranged for me to spend a few days in Rome on my way home. A friend of my dad's was supposed to ...
Mondoweiss
September 16, 2016
Jamili was born in 1958, during Lebanon's first civil war, and she moved with her family from Baalbek, site of the spectacular Roman ruins, to Shatila at the age of one. Although she was not alive during the Nakba - the Catastrophe - and the originalÃÂ ...
StepFeed
September 5, 2016
If you haven't heard the news, the incredible ruins of Baalbek will be accessible for free to the public from Sept. 17 to Oct. 17!
Yahoo News UK
August 31, 2016
Among the cities caught up in the conflict of civil wars and unrest are Saint Catherine's Monastery in Egypt's Sinai region, the ruins of the Phoenician city of Baalbek in Lebanon, the ancient Roman ruins of Leptis Magna in Libya, and the Syrian cities ...
Ahram Online
July 23, 2016
But while Levant impresses with its programming, at the other end of the Arab world, over 3.5 thousand kilometres to the west, lies the historic Tunisian town of El Djem and its iconic Roman amphitheater of Thysdrus. During a few chosen summer days ...
Zawya (registration)
July 4, 2016
Tourists walk beside the Temple of Jupiter in the Roman city of Baalbek in the Bekaa valley March 14, 2015. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi.
The Daily Star
July 1, 2016
The ancient Bakhous temple (L) is seen near the Temple of Jupiter (R) in the Roman city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley March 14, 2015.
Al-Arabiya
June 27, 2016
Netanyahu made the comments in Rome, broadcast live in Israel, after Israel and Turkey agreed on a highly anticipated deal to end years of acrimony and restore ties.
Al-Arabiya
June 19, 2016
Civilian-led grassroots campaigns such as 'Beirut Madinati' and 'Baalbek Madinati' have tried, and failed, to secure seats in their respective municipal councils, but succeeded in placing a dent in a political system driven by sectarianism and corruption.
Times Colonist
May 24, 2016
Bypass the pyramids in Egypt and visit the magnificent and mysterious Roman ruins in Baalbek, Lebanon. They are a hundred times more spectacular.
The Daily Star
April 28, 2016
The ancient Bakhous temple (L) is seen near the Temple of Jupiter (R) in the Roman city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley March 14, 2015.
Telegraph.co.uk
April 21, 2016
His case has been referred to the judicial police in Baalbek. It is understood he had ... The Bekaa, largely under the control of the Shia Islamist group Hizbollah, was once a popular destination with tourists visiting its roman ruins and vineyards. In ...
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