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	Part 3, Letter 18, Lands of the Bible -- J.W. McGarvey
		In approaching this town we passed the quarry whence the great stones found in its temples were taken, and we stopped to examine the one yet lying in the quarry, which so astonishes all travelers.
		The spring which flows through the village is the source of the Lita'ny River, which drains all of the valley south of Baalbec.
		About forty miles northeast of Baalbec, in the midst of the valley and on the bank of the river, stands the village of Riblah, a city of military importance in the later period of Old Testament history.
	www.dabar.org /McGarvey/Lands/P3_C18.htm (3872 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		I subjoin the villages in the plain to the N. of Baalbec, belonging to the territory of Baalbec.
		The neighbourhood of Baalbec abounds in walnut trees; the nuts are exported to Zahle and the mountains, at two or two and a half piastres per thousand.
		Baalbec bore from hence S. by E, [p.19]and the summit of Djebel Essheikh S. by W. The whole of the rock is calcareous, and the surface towards the top is so splintered by the action of the atmosphere, as to have the appearance of layers of slates.
	www.outfo.org /literature/pg/etext05/8sria10.txt (18415 words)

	Travels in Syria and the Holy Land, by John Lewis Burckhardt (chapter1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Even so late as twelve years ago, the plain, and a part of the mountain, to the distance of a league and a half round the town, were covered with grape plantations; the oppressions of the governors, their superior flavour, are obliged to import them from Fursul and Zahle.
		The women of Baalbec are esteemed the handsomest of the neighbouring country, and many Damascenes marry Baalbec girls.
		Baalbec bore from hence S. by E, and the summit of Djebel Essheikh S. by W. The whole of the rock is calcareous, and the surface towards the top is so splintered by the action of the atmosphere, as to have the appearance of layers of slates.
	etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /b/burckhardt/john_lewis/syria/chapter1.html (14300 words)

	Beirut - Travel
		The plaque was pasted like an affiche on the noble ruins of Baalbec, and told all and sundry that once he had passed this way and graced the place with his presence.
		One of the first acts of the British soldiery, on taking Baalbec in 1918, was to riddle the plaque with mixed laughter and bullets, and then tear it down and consign it to the rubbish hut.
		There are two good hotels in Baalbec, so that, if you are energetic enough to rise early and catch that train, you can pass the night here and take the nine o'clock down in the morning.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles05/mediterranean-10.shtml (2229 words)

	Ruins of the Temple of the Sun at Baalbec by David Roberts, RA 1796-1864
		By the time Roberts went there in 1839, Baalbec was becoming a more common destination for those tourists brave enough to risk the journey through the troubled surrounding countryside.
		Ruins of the Temple of the Sun at Baalbec, exhibited under that title at the Royal Academy in 1861, appears to be the last of eighteen oil paintings by Roberts of the temples at Baalbec spanning almost the whole period after his return from the Near East.
		With the sketch, in Roberts's own hand, is the inscription "The Temple of the Sun at Baalbec, Syria." The painting was completed in three weeks and bought by Duncan Dunbar for £700, and was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1861.
	www.victorianweb.org /painting/roberts/paintings/2.html (925 words)

	J. W. McGarvey's Lands of the Bible: Part Third, Letter XVIII.
		When I say that the greater of the two temples was 1000 feet long and 400 feet wide, and that although I had read a number of very elaborate descriptions of it I had formed nothing like an adequate conception of its form and appearance, the reader will readily excuse me from the attempt.
		The Temple of the Sun, which stands immediately south of the western end of the great temple, and but a few steps from it, it is a much smaller structure, and it is in a far better state of preservation.
		About forty miles northeast of Baalbec, in the midst of the valley and on the bank of the river, stands the village of Riblah, a city of military [565] importance in the later period of Old Testament history.
	www.mun.ca /rels/restmov/texts/jwmcgarvey/lob/LOB318.HTM (3841 words)

	Eothen - CHAPTER XXVIII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		HE ruins of Baalbec!" Shall I scatter the vague, solemn thoughts and all the airy phantasies which gather together when once those words are spoken, that I may give you instead tall columns and measurements true, and phrases built with ink?
		Baalbec is over; I got "rather well" out of that.
		The path by which I crossed the Lebanon is like, I think, in its features to one which you must know, namely, that of the Foorca in the Bernese Oberland.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/hst/travel/Eothen/chap28.html (724 words)

	DAVIDSON GALLERIES - David Roberts pg.8 - Cana to Acre, Lebanon, Baalbec
		The Baalbec ruins from the near distance, with Roberts’ party encamped in the foreground.
		A view of the Baalbec ruins from the North, showing the lower enclosures.
		Roberts commented on the exceptional strength with which Baalbec had been built, in part to withstand the area’s earthquakes.
	www.davidsongalleries.com /artists/roberts/roberts_hl4.html (436 words)

	History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1845) By Edward Gibbon Esq.-Volume 3 Chapter 18- from Nalanda ...
		The hills of Libanus and Anti-Libanus are planted from north to south, between the Orontes and the Mediterranean; and the epithet of hollow (Coelesyria) was applied to a long and fruitful valley, which is confined in the same direction, by the two ridges of snowy mountains.
		Not a vestige remains of the temple of Emesa, which was equalled in poetic style to the summits of Mount Libanus, [70] while the ruins of Baalbec, invisible to the writers of antiquity, excite the curiosity and wonder of the European traveller.
		But the terms of truce or capitulation were faithfully observed; and the lieutenant of the caliph, who had promised not to enter the walls of the captive Baalbec, remained tranquil and immovable in his tent till the jarring factions solicited the interposition of a foreign master.
	www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in /resources/english/etext-project/history/rome/volume3.chapter18.html (4473 words)

	Streetcar - Highbury - Baalbec Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Outside numbers 4 and 6 Baalbec Road, about half way down the road, slightly closer to the Highbury Fields end.
		Please ensure you return the car to its reserved bay and call us if anyone is parked in our spot.
		Looking down Baalbec Road with the car to the left.
	www.multimap.com /clients/browse.cgi?client=mycar&lon=-0.099600&lat=51.550300&scale=10000&width=500&height=300&rt=browse2&reclimit=1 (66 words)

	INNOCENTS ABROAD BY TWAIN, Part 5, CH 41-49
		These temples are built upon massive substructions that might support a world, almost; the materials used are blocks of stone as large as an omnibus—very few, if any of them, are smaller than a carpenter's tool chest—and these substructions are traversed by tunnels of masonry through which a train of cars might pass.
		One might swear that all the John Smiths and George Wilkinsons, and all the other pitiful nobodies between Kingdom Come and Baalbec would inscribe their poor little names upon the walls of Baalbec's magnificent ruins, and would add the town, the county and the State they came from—and swearing thus, be infallibly correct.
		She saw the foundations of Baalbec, and Thebes, and Ephesus laid; she saw these villages grow into mighty cities, and amaze the world with their grandeur—and she has lived to see them desolate, deserted, and given over to the owls and the bats.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/3/1/7/3176/3176-h/p5.htm (18964 words)

	Mark Twain - The Innocents Abroad Page 167 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		We went to the quarry from whence the stones of Baalbec were taken.
		Two buggies could be driven abreast of each other, on its surface, from one end of it to the other, and leave room enough for a man or two to walk on either side.
		One might swear that all the John Smiths and George Wilkinsons, and all the other pitiful nobodies between Kingdom Come and Baalbec would inscribe their poor little names upon the walls of Baalbec's magnificent ruins, and would add the town, the county and the State they came from-- and swearing thus, be infallibly correct.
	mark-twain.classic-literature.co.uk /the-innocents-abroad/ebook-page-167.asp (1001 words)

	Mark Twain : The Innocents Abroad : Chapter 43 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It has stood there for thousands of years, the wonder and admiration of travelers; but who built it, or when it was built, are questions that may never be answered.
		These temples are built upon massive substructions that might support a world, almost; the materials used are blocks of stone as large as an omnibus--very few, if any of them, are smaller than a carpenter's tool chest--and these substructions are traversed by tunnels of masonry through which a train of cars might pass.
		It is a pity some great ruin does not fall in and flatten out some of these reptiles, and scare their kind out of ever giving their names to fame upon any walls or monuments again, forever.
	www.american-literature-online.com /mark-twain/innocents-abroad/43.html (2063 words)

	H. Rider Haggard : The Brethren : Chapter Seventeen: The Brethren Depart from Damascus
		Then the brethren left his presence sore at heart, for although they saw her from time to time at feasts and festivals, Rosamund was as far apart from them as though she sat in Steeple Hall--ay, and further.
		"The princess of Baalbec, my mistress, is well and as ever, beautiful, though somewhat weary of the pomp in which she finds no joy.
		One morning he sent for them, and, except for the presence of prince Hassan, the most favourite of his emirs, and a famous imaum, or priest of his religion, received them alone.
	www.classicreader.com /read.php/sid.1/bookid.367/sec.18 (4751 words)

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		It would be a tedious, and also a too risky journey, at this hot season of the year, for any but strong, healthy men, accustomed somewhat to fatigue and rough life in the open air.
		She saw the foundations of Baalbec, and Thebes, and Ephesus laid; she saw these villages grow into mighty cities, and amaze the world with their grandeur--and she has lived to see them desolate, deserted, and given over to the owls and the bats.
		We satisfied our pilgrims by making those hard rides from Baalbec to Damascus, but Dan's horse and Jack's were so crippled we had to leave them behind and get fresh animals for them.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/5/6/9/5692/5692.txt (19836 words)

	Kunstantiquariat Monika Schmidt - David Roberts (1796 - 1864) - Biography
		During the first days of May they arrived at Baalbec, the ancient Heliopolis.
		This painting was an elaboration of the sketch he did in Baalbec, completed later at his home in London.
		On the 13 of May he boarded a ship bound for Alexandria, where he arrived after a voyage of three days.
	www.monika-schmidt.com /kuenstler/roberts/roberts_04_e.htm (594 words)

	Brethren, The by H. Rider Haggard: Chapter Seventeen: The Brethren Depart from Damascus
		Rosamund was one of this multitude; she was the princess of Baalbec, half an Eastern by her blood, and growing more Eastern day by day--or so they thought in their bitterness.
		As well might two Saracens hope to snatch the queen of England from her palace at Westminster, as they to drag the princess of Baalbec out of the power of a monarch more absolute than any king of England.
		Subscribe the Koran, and I give her to you in marriage, for thus also she may be led to the true faith, whom I have sworn not to force thereto, and I gain a great warrior and Paradise a brave soul.
	www.online-literature.com /h-rider-haggard/brethren/18 (4790 words)

	Surf while you listen, 'Baalbec - Ruins of the Temple of Bacchus'
		'Baalbec - Ruins of the Temple of Bacchus', David Roberts
		Here are suggestions of webpages to browse while listening to our audio download of Peter Betts's Walker Art Gallery Artwork of the Month talk on David Roberts's painting 'Baalbec - Ruins of the Temple of Bacchus'.
		Enlarged image of 'Baalbec - Ruins of the Temple of Bacchus'
	www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk /podcasts/surf/baalbec.asp (140 words)

	LondonTown.com \| Baalbec Road Guide \| Baalbec Road London, N5, England, UK \| London Streets by Street
		Baalbec Road is located in the borough of Islington
		Below we present a selection of upcoming events, local attractions and great places to eat and shop.
		The nearest underground station to Baalbec Road is 'Highbury & Islington ' which is about 10 minutes to the South West.
	www.londontown.com /LondonStreets/baalbec_road_39b.html (146 words)

	Early European History eBook
		It is still attached to its bed in the quarry not far from the ruins of Baalbec in Syria.
		The temples of Baalbec seen in the distance were built by the Romans in the third century A.D. The majestic temple of the Sun contains three megaliths almost as huge as the one represented in the illustration.
		They are the largest blocks known to have been used in any structure.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/7960/160.html (415 words)

	Antique print: picture of The Doorway, Baalbec -
		David Roberts work The Holy Land is probably the greatest travel work ever produced.
		From Jerusalem he proceeded to Nazareth as he made his way to Lebanon and the ruins of Baalbec, sketching over 100 views from this journey through the Holy Land to complement his views in Egypt and Nubia.
		Roberts spent the better part of the next 10 years turning his sketches into the lithographs so prized today.
	www.finerareprints.com /print_detail.html?stock_no=9598 (460 words)

	Baalbec - Easton’s Bible Dictionary - Bible Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Baalbec - Easton’s Bible Dictionary - Bible Dictionary
		Christ Notes > Bible Dictionary > Easton’s Bible Dictionary > Entries Beginning with B > Baalbec
		Baalbec: called by the Greeks Heliopolis i.e., "the city of the sun", because of its famous Temple of the Sun, has by some been supposed to be Solomon's "house of the forest of Lebanon" (1 Kings 7:2; 10:17; 2 Chronicles 9:16); by others it is identified with Baal-gad (which see).
	www.christnotes.org /dictionary.php?dict=ebd&id=386 (143 words)

	David Roberts, RA 1796-1864: Baalbec & Poster, Print, Canvas and Art by John Weiss (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The dedication to John Weiss's art is validated by a life time of struggle and hard work.
		In John Weiss's David Roberts, RA 1796-1864: Baalbec & artwork, it not only tells a story, they pull the viewer into the emotional life of John Weiss creation.
		David Roberts, RA 1796-1864: Baalbec & is a great buy.
	www.johnweissart.us /printdetail_David_Roberts_David_Roberts_RA_1796-1864_Baalbec__59476.htm (118 words)

	The Art Fund - Great Gate of Baalbec
		Catalogued as 'The Doorway, Baalbec' signed and dated 1856
		But to help others explore Art Saved, add your own ArtWord.
		The Art Fund cannot be help responsible for views expressed by visitors of this website.
	www.artfund.org /artwork/5018/great-gate-of-baalbec (57 words)

	Brethren, The
		For this was the trouble of it: Rosamund, their cousin and their love, had in truth become the princess of Baalbec--for them.
		Godwin and Wulf prayed Saladin that they might be allowed to speak with her from time to time, but he only answered shortly:
		Moreover, the less you see of the princess of Baalbec the better I think it will be for her, for you, whose blood I do not wish to have upon my hands, and for myself, who await the fulfilment of that dream which the angel brought."
	manybooks.net /pages/haggardhetext01brthn10/241.html (363 words)

	Baalbec - Living Room Posters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Check out the prices and more for the Baalbec item.
		The Baalbec is 24.25 wide and 18 high.
		You can also send the Baalbec as a free e-card.
	www.winningbaccaratsystems.com /decor-room/747-Baalbec.htm (168 words)

	W. B. Yeats and "A Vision": Kusta ben Luka
		The Judwalis’ doctrines are laid out in the sand, to be obliterated as soon as the first wind comes along; only the oral tradition keeps the wisdom intact.
		‘Columns of the Temple of Jupiter, the Temple of Bacchus, and the snow-capped range of Anti-Lebanon, Baalbec’, from Robert Hichens, The Holy Land (1910).
		‘The Columns of the Sun, Baalbec’, from Robert Hichens, The Holy Land (1910), by Jules Guérin.
	www.yeatsvision.com /Kusta.html (2495 words)

	Louis Haghe Artworks and Fine Art at arthistorynet.com
		Doorway of Baalbec - The Holy Land, 19th century
		Baalbec, looking towards Lebanon - The Holy Land, 19th century
		Portion of the Eastern Portico, Baalbec - The Holy Land, 19th century
	www.absolutearts.com /masters/h/haghe-louis-works.html (3269 words)

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