Agnosticism / Atheism: Roman Heliopolis & Temple Site at Baalbek in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley

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Roman Heliopolis & Temple Site at Baalbek in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley Jan 21st 2012, 15:00 Image Source: Library of Congress Located in Lebanon's Beqaa valley, 86 km northeast of Beirut and 60 km from the Mediterranean coast, Baalbek is one of the best least-known Roman sites in the world. Based around temples to the developing Roman trinity of Jupiter, Baachus, and Venus, this complex was constructed upon an older sacred site dedicated to a triad of Canaanite deities: Hadad, Atargatis, and Baal. All around the temple complex of Baalbek are tombs cut into the rocks from the Phoenician era centuries earlier. Read Article: Roman Heliopolis & Temple Site at Baalbek in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley

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