Verified34.0060° N · 36.2030° E · 1170 m
Baalbek
Heliopolis · Bacchus Temple Baalbek
Phoenician to Roman (c. 16 BCE–250 CE major Roman phase)·Roman / Phoenician·🇱🇧 Beqaa Valley, Lebanon
About
About Baalbek
Monumental Roman temple complex on earlier Phoenician tell, with Temple of Bacchus (best preserved Roman temple) and Trilithon – three megalithic limestone blocks 19 x 4.5 x 3.6 m, 800 tonnes each, largest Roman ashlar, over earlier 3 ha podium.
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Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Quarry transport of 1000-t Stone of the South/South stone
- 02Earlier megalithic podium origin
Theories
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History
How it came to be
- Built
- Temple of Jupiter 16 BCE–60 CE; Bacchus c.150 CE
- Period
- Phoenician to Roman (c. 16 BCE–250 CE major Roman phase)
- Culture
- Roman / Phoenician
- Purpose
- Cult centre of Heliopolitan Triad (Jupiter-Venus-Bacchus)
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
Temple of Jupiter 16 BCE–60 CE; Bacchus c.150 CE
Initial construction
c. 1050 CE
Major expansion
Location
Where it is
34.0060° N · 36.2030° E · 1170 m
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