BEIRUT — As Israel intensified attacks in the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek this week, residents with nowhere else to go fled to the ancient Roman temples, hoping the archaeological site’s ...
Explore the astonishing discovery of a massive 1,600-ton limestone block at the ancient Baalbek quarry, revealing advanced stone-cutting techniques, engineering precision, and unanswered questions ...
Due to Covid-19 restrictions, few visitors can currently travel to Baalbek, a city in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley that houses some of the Roman Empire’s greatest temple ruins. Luckily, a new virtual tour ...
BAALBEK, Lebanon, November 13 (UNHCR) - Under the Romans, Baalbek was known as Heliopolis, or the City of the Sun. In more recent times, the ancient settlement in northern Lebanon's fertile Bekaa ...
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area on the outskirts of the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek, in the Bekaa Valley, on Thursday. (Nidal Solh | AFP via Getty Images) ...