[MidnightAngel]

The mysterious ruins of Baalbek. One of the great Power Places of the ancient world. For thousands of years its secrets have been shrouded in darkness, or bathed in an artificial light by those who would offer us a simplistic solution to its mysteries.

Much has changed in two thousand years. The magnificent temple is ruined, its gods abandoned, its secrets forgotten. Even the ruins have been neglected, wiped off the tourist map by twenty years of terrorism, war, hostages and hijackings.

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[MorningGlory]

Some archaeologists might well wish that Baalbek had been buried forever. For it is here that we find the largest dressed stone block in the world - the infamous Stone of the South, lying in its quarry just ten minutes walk from the temple acropolis. This huge stone weighs approximately 1,000 tons - almost as heavy as three Boeing 747 aircraft.

Can you imagine what it took to put those walls in place? This really does sound like a fascinating place.

[MorningGlory]

Some photos I found of the ruins.







in this last photo, look at the mountains in the background. This would have been a very beautiful location back in ancient times. Too bad its in an area with alot of hostilities and fighting.



Here's an artists drawing of what they think the city would have looked like based on the excavations to date.

[lovingsoul]

Oh Wow Morning....that place is incredible to say the very least. And the found even an older alter there too..this whole thing makes me so sad...such a beautiful and magnificent place all in rubble. And wow that is one huge slab that person looks like a ant standing on it lol. I see what you see tho about the Egyptian wall the pic..it sure does look like that doesn't it? Exspecially in your first link and 4th pic down. Wow. I would love to go there..if I ever win the lottery thats the first place i am goin. I think it incredible and beautiful I know its in rubble but yet there is a beauty to it. And man was it huge. And I agree where it sets it beautiful as well. I am wondering something else but it could be a stretch tho...you know that that one image that is right under the bomb on that pic in Ancient Aircraft..I am wondering if that could be depicting a mountain ..like this place has a mountain there along side like it does with that one image with the ruin looking structure next to it. What do ya think? I mean how would they depict a mountain with a hydogliphic?
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[MorningGlory]

This place is located in Lebanon, its not on my vacation destination no matter how much money I might ever win. American's don't fare too well over in that part of the world.

Its amazing and sad, both.

[trin]

Those Greeks and Romans sure got around didn't they.

Give me a lever, a place to stand, and a whole buncha slaves, and I can move the world.