November 1942 – Temple of Bacchus ruins at Baalbek, Syria [now Lebanon] [colourized]

aussiejeff posted a photo:

IMAGE INFO
– Viewpoint is looking south-east.
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HISTORICAL INFO
Courtesy Wikipedia –
– "The temple was commissioned by Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius and designed by an unknown architect and built close to the courtyard in front of the larger temple of Jupiter-Baal. The period of construction is generally considered between 150 AD to 250 AD". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Bacchus
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SOURCE INFO
– Original image was 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 6-20 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.
– Originally restored from the very badly grained, scratched & faded original, using Adobe Photoshop Creative Studio 8.0 (duotoned version).
– Latest version re-processed using AI colourization & enhancement software.