Aerial photograph of the entire Baalbek temple complex (ancient Heliopolis) in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. From above, the massive scale of the platform is
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Aerial photograph of the entire Baalbek temple complex (ancient Heliopolis) in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. From above, the massive scale of the platform is apparent, along with the remaining six columns of the Temple of Jupiter and the complete Temple of Bacchus. The complex represents multiple building phases spanning millennia.
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