The Baalbek Stones are six massive Roman [1] worked stone blocks in Baalbek (ancient Heliopolis ), Lebanon, characterised by a megalithic gigantism unparallelled in antiquity . The smallest three are part of a podium wall in the Roman complex of the Temple of Jupiter Baal ( Heliopolitan Zeus) on Tel Baalbek and are known as the “Trilithon”.. Baalbek. This temple was built on a monumental scale and is one of the largest Roman temples known. Dedicated to Jupiter Heliopolitanus, it was built from the 1st century BC onwards on an immense substructure more than 90m long. Though largely ruinous, it impresses by its sheer size. At the entrance, a staircase leads to a propylaea (entrance.
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The modern town of Baalbek, adjacent to the ruins, is the principal urban centre of Al-Biqāʿ.Tourism has become an important component of the economy. A museum (opened 1998) is located in tunnels beneath the courtyard of the Temple of Jupiter, and the annual Baalbeck International Festival, with musical and dramatic performances, is held during the summer at the temple complex.. Temple of Jupiter, seen from the Great Court. The greatest temple of Baalbek was dedicated to a god who was, at various periods in history, called Ba’al, Hadad, Helios, Zeus, or Jupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus. According to Macrobius, the cult statue had been taken from Egypt, was made of gold, and showed the god as a beardless, young.