Baalbek, Lebanon (Temple of Jupiter) | Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs

Baalbek, Lebanon (Temple of Jupiter)

1942

The lower levels of the temple were passages through which animals meant for sacrifice were led.  The caption on the verso refers to the temple as the "Temple of Apollo", though it is in fact the Temple of Jupiter.

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Arthur Howe, Jr. Collection, 1914-2014 Series 1: World War II, 1940-2009 (bulk 1940-1945) Subseries 1B: Photographs, 1941-1943 Box 4-5 Group 3: Middle East and North Africa

Scanned by staff at the Center for Jewish History in New York, NY in 2017.

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