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20 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Megalith
Phoenician to Roman (c. 16 BCE–250 CE major Roman phase) · Roman / Phoenician
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,…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Deir El Ahmar (Arabic: دير الأحمر, romanized: Dayr al-ʾAḥmar) is a Lebanese town, located 100km from Beirut and 22km northwest of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Duris (Arabic: دورس, romanized: Dūris), also Dûris, formally Doris and also known by its French spelling Douris, is a village located approximately 3 km (2 mi).
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Flaoui or Fleywe or Flaoueh (Arabic: فلاوي) is a small village located 17 kilometres (11 mi) northwest of Baalbek, Lebanon in Baalbek District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Arsal (also spelled Aarsal, Ersal or 'Irsal; Arabic: عرسال), is a town and municipality situated east of Labweh, 124 kilometres (77 mi) northeast of Beirut, in Baalbek District of Baalbek-Hermel…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Iaat (Arabic: إيعات also transliterated as Ya'ad, Yaad, Yaat, or Iaad) is a town and municipality located approximately 5 kilometers northwest of Baalbek, in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Maqne or Maakne (Arabic: مقنة, romanized: Maqneh) is a town and municipality in Baalbek District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Jabal es Saaïdé (Arabic: جبل سعيدة), Jabal es Saaide, Jabal as Sa`idah, Jabal as Sa`īdah, Jebal Saaidé, Jebel Saaidé or Jabal Saaidé is a Mountain in Lebanon near the inhabited village of Saaïdé,…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Karak (also Kerak, Karak Nuh or Karak Noah) (Arabic: كرك, romanized: Karak) is a village in the municipality of Zahlé in the Zahle District of the Beqaa Governorate in eastern Lebanon.
