Baalbek’s Bekaa Stoneworking Traditions
Baalbek · Lebanon
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Follow this walk through the ruins of معبد باخوس, where crafted scale lets you read stonework in the proportions and details of the monument. Continue to the attraction معبد بعلبك اثرية for the archaeological context that helps place these building practices within Baalbek’s remains. Finish at the archaeological site محجر بعلبك, where the connection to stone extraction brings the work back to the material itself.
The walk
Temple of Bacchus
A grand second-century Roman temple whose carvings may, or may not, belong to Bacchus.
Baalbek Ruins
An attraction in Baalbek, Lebanon.
Baalbeck Quarry
Baalbek Quarry is an archaeological site in Baalbek, Lebanon.
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