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Steps
Date: 28/04/08
Steps below the Great Court at the temple complex of Baalbek, lebanon.
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Bacchus angel
Date: 28/04/08
Detail of the lintel at the entrance to the Temple of Bacchus, which admitted only initiates who used opium and alcohol to reach ecstasy during their rituals. Bacchus represented fertility and life over death and the monumental entrance is carved with vines, wheat stalks, and mythological figures.
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Bacchus eagle
Date: 28/04/08
Detail of the lintel at the entrance to the Temple of Bacchus, which admitted only initiates who used opium and alcohol to reach ecstasy during their rituals. Bacchus represented fertility and life over death and the monumental entrance is carved with vines, wheat stalks, and mythological figures.
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The last six
Date: 28/04/08
The last six remaining 20 meters tall columns from the splendid colonnade of of 128 rose granite columns surrounding the Great Court, begun during the reign of Trajan (98-117), at the temple complex of Baalbek, lebanon.
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Theatre with a view
Date: 29/04/08
The steps of an ancient theatre at the ruins and temples of the ancient city of Byblos, Lebanon
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Spectator
Date: 29/04/08
Nabil sat on the steps of an ancient theatre at the ruins and temples of the ancient city of Byblos, Lebanon
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Fishing off Jbeil
Date: 15/11/08
A lone fisherman off the harbour at Jbeil, the ancient city of Byblos, the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world.
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Guarding the harbour
Date: 29/04/08
A guard at the entrance to the harbour at Jbeil, the ancient city of Byblos, the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world.
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Byblos harbour and town
Date: 29/04/08
View of the town overlooking the harbour at Jbeil, the ancient city of Byblos, the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world.
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Byblos port
Date: 29/04/08
Fishing boats moored in the the harbour at Jbeil, the ancient city of Byblos, the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world.
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Windmill
Date: 27/04/08
A windmill by empty salt marshes on the coast just north of Jbeil in Lebanon.
