Lebanon Stuff

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The Temple of Bacchus is one of the best preserved Roman temples. The Temple served as a model for neo-classical architecture. Our guide continuously mentioned that La Madeleine in Paris was based on the Temple of Bacchus.

Summer concerts as part of the Baalbek festival take place here to take advantage of the excellent acoustics.

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I pretty much took this exact photo last year at the same spot. This exposure is longer at 4.0 seconds.

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This sarcophagus shows a woman holding a flower.

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Although I had been to the National Museum last year, I did not venture into the basement. Most of that level is dedicated to funerary artifacts, including this collection of sarcophagi.