Lebanon
There are 671 items in Lebanon:
Faqra, Tower of Claudius |
Faqra, Tower of Claudius |
Faqra, Tower of Claudius, Inscription above the door |
Faqra, Tower of Claudius, Inscription near the door |
Faqra, Tower of Claudius, Staircase |
Hannaouiye, "Tomb of Hiram"
Hannaouiye: place of the so-called "Tomb of Hiram", a Persian-age funerary monument. The so-called "Tomb of Hiram" Although named after the legendary…
The so-called "Tomb of Hiram" |
Heliopolis (Baalbek)
Baalbek or Heliopolis (Greek: Ἡλιούπολις, "sun city"): town in the northern Bekaa valley, site of the largest sanctuary in the Roman world.Origins …Herod Agrippa II
Julius Marcus Agrippa or Agrippa II: oriental king, ruled 48-100. He was the last important descendant of king Herod the Great.Youth …Herodotus on Sesostris' Reliefs
Sesostris' Reliefs: two reliefs, presented by Herodotus as evidence that a great Egyptian king once conquered almost the whole world. The…Herodotus on the temple of Melqart
Tyre (Phoenician רצ, ṣūr, "rock"; Greek Τύρος; Latin Tyrus): port in Phoenicia and one of the main cities in the eastern Mediterranean.The Greek researcher Herodotus of Halicarnassus visited Tyre in the mid-fifth century BCE. In Herodotus' Histories 2.44, he offers…High Place of Worship
High Place of Worship: modern name for the ancient mountain sanctuaries in the Near East. Petra, High Place of Worship Although the…