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Baalbeck is Lebanon’s greatest Roman
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treasure, counted among the wonders of
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the ancient world.
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Located in the rich and fertile valley of
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Beq’a, at the intersection of major trade
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routes, around 1000 BC, it was a
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prosperous Cananean city.
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Its citizens celebrated the cult of Baal,
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Syro-Phoenician god of the sun, identified
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with the Cananean God Hadad.