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Baalbek
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Baalbek
City of ancient Syria, now in Lebanon, 60 km/36 mi northeast of Beirut. It was originally a centre of Baal worship. The Greeks identified Baal with Helios, the Sun, and renamed Baalbek Heliopolis.... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
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Baalbek
Baalbek (Ἡλιούπολις; بعلبك / ALA-LC: Ba‘albak; Phoenician: בעלבכ, Baalbak) is a town in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon situated east of the Litani River. It is famous for its exquisitely detailed yet monumentally scaled temple ruins of the Roman period, when Baalbek, then known ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baalbek
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Baalbek
Baalbek (bäl'bek) , ancient city, now in Lebanon, 35 mi (56 km) NW of Damascus, in the Al Biqa (Bekaa) valley. Originally it was probably devoted to the worship of Baal or Bel, the Phoenician sun god, although no traces of an early Phoenician settlement have survived. The Greeks called the ... Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0805582.html
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Baalbek
City of ancient Syria, now in Lebanon, 60 km/36 mi northeast of Beirut. It was originally a centre of Baal worship. The Greeks identified Baal with Helios, the Sun, and renamed Baalbek Heliopolis. Its ruins, including Roman temples, survive, notably the Temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus and the Templ... Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0000258.html
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