. Palestine and Syria : with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia : handbook for travellers . Acropolis. BAALBEK. 39. Route. 325 agea. In 1139 the town and castle were captured by Emir Zenghi, and in1175 the district of Baalbek came into possession of Saladin. In 1260Baalbek was destroyed by Hulagu (p. Ixxxv), and it was afterwards con-quered by Timur. The ancient *Acropolis of Baalbek, surrounded by gardens, andrunning from W. to E., rises to the of the little town. It iscovered by the remains of two temples of the 2nd cent. , whichwere erected upon massive substruction
. Palestine and Syria : with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia : handbook for travellers . Acropolis. BAALBEK. 39. Route. 325 agea. In 1139 the town and castle were captured by Emir Zenghi, and in1175 the district of Baalbek came into possession of Saladin. In 1260Baalbek was destroyed by Hulagu (p. Ixxxv), and it was afterwards con-quered by Timur. The ancient *Acropolis of Baalbek, surrounded by gardens, andrunning from W. to E., rises to the of the little town. It iscovered by the remains of two temples of the 2nd cent. , whichwere erected upon massive substructions and were preceded by BAALBEK After Puchstem. Wagrusr&Deljes Lerp-n? Coins of Septimius Severus (193-211) show the outlines of these twotemples, as do also coins of later date; but it is unknown whether thelarger was ever finished. From the votive inscriptions of Antoninus Piusit would appear that the larger temple was dedicated to all the gods ofHeliopolis; the smaller was the temple of Bacchus. Both temples mostprobably date from the same period. For the church of Theodosius andthe Arabian fortress, see p. 324. All of the buildings afterwards fell intoruin. In the middle of the 16th cent, the ruins of Baalbek were rediscoveredby Europeans, but they have again suffered severely from earthquakes,particularly from that of 1759. Various interesting details were broughtto light by the German excavations of 1900-1904, while portions in dangerof falling were restored. — Comp. 0. Puchsteiris Baalbek, Thirty Viewsof the German Excavations (Berlin, 1910; 2 Ulf 40 pf ), and Fiihrer durchdie Ruinen von Baalbek
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