Baalbek

[bahl-bek, bey-uhl-, beyl-]

noun

1. a town in E Lebanon: ruins of ancient city; Temple of the Sun. 16,000. Ancient Greek name, Heliopolis.

Baalbek

/ ˈbɑːlbɛk /

noun

1. Ancient name: Heliopolis. a town in E Lebanon: an important city in Phoenician and Roman times; extensive ruins. Pop: 150 000 (1998 est)

Example Sentences

The strike in Douris, near the city of Baalbek, destroyed a building of the civil defence agency, which is linked to the Lebanese government and not affiliated with the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah.

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"Baalbek is the major Roman site in Lebanon. You couldn't replace it if someone bombed it," says Graham Philip, an archaeology professor at Durham University.

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But those targets are incredibly close to the Baalbek temples and Roman ruins in Tyre, a major port of the Phoenician Empire around 2,500 years ago.

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There is no evidence that the Roman sites in Tyre and Baalbek have been damaged by the Israeli strikes.

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She says there are no Hezbollah facilities at the Baalbek site: "No one knows what the excuse or the message behind the hit is."

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