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aussiejeff posted a photo:
![November 1942 - Allied troops in front of one of the great "Temple of Jupiter" frieze and cornice "Lion Head" water spout gargoyles in Baalbek, Syria [now North Lebanon][colourized version](http://lebanonstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/november-1942-allied-troops-in-front-of-one-of-the-great-temple-of-jupiter-frieze-and-cornice-lion-head-water-spout-gargoyles-in-baalbek-syria-now-north-lebanoncolourized-version.jpg)
IMAGE INFO
– Cropped & zoomed enlargement of the original image.
– Driver George Dobner [Australian Army 2/4 Anti Malaria Control Unit] is 2nd from right of pic. The soldier at right is a British guard with his dog, likely under command of the British officer at left of pic.
– The Temple of Jupiter (Roman Heliopolis) was a colossal temple dedicated to the cult of Zeus, located in Heliopolis of Roman Phoenicia (Baalbeck of modern Lebanon). This is one of a number of massive "Lions Head" gargoyle water spouts that can be found around the temple ruins.
– The officer at the left of pic is holding another Kodak Brownie folding camera while the guard’s dog (a British bull-terrier?) is making a meal of George’s slouch hat! Note the guard’s military Lee Enfield .303 rifle propped against the massive stone plinth.
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SOURCE INFO
– Original image captured by my late father-in-law, Driver Tom Beazley of the Australian Army, 2/4 Anti Malaria Control Unit, 9th Division, 2nd Australian Imperial Force, using a folding Kodak Brownie camera with 120 roll film, while he was on extended leave.
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PROCESS INFO
– Digitized using a Canon Canoscan 8800F scanner.
– Restored from the badly grained, scratched & faded original, using Adobe Photoshop Creative Studio 8.0 (revised duotone version).
– Latest version re-processed using AI colourization, enlargement & enhancement software.
aussiejeff posted a photo:
![November 1942 - Allied troops in front of one of the great "Temple of Jupiter" frieze and cornice pieces with a "Lion Head" water spout gargoyle, Baalbek, Syria [now North Lebanon][colourized version]](http://lebanonstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/november-1942-allied-troops-in-front-of-one-of-the-great-temple-of-jupiter-frieze-and-cornice-pieces-with-a-lion-head-water-spout-gargoyle-baalbek-syria-now-north-lebanoncolourized-version.jpg)
IMAGE INFO
– George Dobner [Australian Army 2/4 Anti Malaria Control Unit] is 2nd from right of pic. The British soldier at right [with guard dog] is likely under command of the British officer at left.
– The Temple of Jupiter (Roman Heliopolis) was a colossal temple dedicated to the cult of Zeus, located in Heliopolis of Roman Phoenicia (Baalbeck of modern Lebanon). This is one of a number of massive "Lions Head" gargoyle water spouts that can be found around the temple ruins.
– Note the officer at the left of pic is holding another Kodak Brownie folding camera while the guard’s dog (a British bull-terrier?) is making a meal of George’s slouch hat! Note the guard has left his unattended military .303 rifle propped against the massive stone plinth at right of pic.
– The sheer scale of that massive plinth from the temple dwarfs the height of the men in the photo.
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SOURCE INFO
– Original image captured by my late father-in-law, Driver Tom Beazley of the Australian Army, 2/4 Anti Malaria Control Unit, 9th Division, 2nd Australian Imperial Force, using a folding Kodak Brownie camera with 120 roll film, while he was on extended leave.
*********************************
PROCESS INFO
– Digitized using a Canon Canoscan 8800F scanner.
– Restored from the badly grained, scratched & faded original, using Adobe Photoshop CS Windows (duo-tone version).
– Latest version re-processed using AI colourization, enlargement & enhancement software.
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