The back Temple of Bacchus area at Baalbek contains collapsed columns and discarded stones from various periods. Curved placement stones and pinch holes appear in corners. Pottery pipe work was found inside a column. Rubble piles suggest stones either stored or awaiting conservation work.
Baalbek Citadel and back ruins exploration
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Key facts
- The Citadel is located at the back of the Baalbek site
- Contains collapsed columns and discarded stones from different construction periods
- Speaker finds curved placement stones and additional pinch holes in corners
- Pottery pipe work found inside a column at the site
- The area has rubble where stones are either waiting to be placed or awaiting conservation
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Sources
Baalbek - UNESCO World Heritage Centrewhc.unesco.org
Baalbek, with its colossal structures, is one of the finest examples of Imperial Roman architecture at its apogee.
Baalbek Temple, Stones & Monoliths | Overview & History - Study.comstudy.com
The Baalbek stones are a great mystery because no one knows for certain how the stones were moved and placed. Archeologists debate and many claim that the ...
Baalbek Stones - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
The Baalbek Stones are six massive Roman [1] worked stone blocks in Baalbek (ancient Heliopolis), Lebanon, characterised by a megalithic gigantism ...
Baalbek, Bacchus Temple - Life in the Holy Landlifeintheholyland.com
It is composed of nine great stones, six forming the jambs and three the lintel. Each of these stones is of enormous dimensions. When I visited Ba'albek, in ...
Baalbek Ruins, Lebanon: an extraordinary UNESCO siterachelsruminations.com
Bacchus was the god of agriculture, wine, and fertility; this stone carving is on the enormous doorway into the temple of Bacchus.
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