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anti all lebanon ranges in ili tho ilia middle of this on oil the slope of the latter range Is 18 situated tile ancient town of celebrated for its ila wonderful ruins Is a small and pros town a largo lareo part of 01 tile population being byln christian says hays country tife lite and it ft Is ilia sent scat of tile tho government of a province of tile the saino name naino and a military center oil nn ata arab b writer wilier of thu the ninth century cori oi of as aa one of the fluent fittest towns ot syria siria and oher odier writers make allusion to this beautiful spot und and its wonderful ruins it Is spoken of by the geographer nur as aa the coolest place in syria As the name Ba albek which Is Se semitic in origin gin implies it was waa coir carl necked front from early curly times with tho bic warship of tile sup pio probably bably moaning the city of until in ilia kukac Ku Ile kaa by which ilia alio plain Is known here erected it 11 kreut great temple to allind constructed with colossal tt stones ones after their manner this wn was warda utilized utilize I and r constructed construct rd tn in the an pa co period aben lien le ilbe dinine bek took tile greek form forin t I 1 id have been placed under it lint hut u of f venit hat wera they and ami what ito bour was sufficient to move nad and control its his immense mass of limestone lock romans reused tho the stones the roman bui builders would appear to have largely reused tile lie stones ot of the enroller phoenician work tho the tempi pin 0 ot of tile still itself lint lind gt 51 5 1 columns 17 each cadi on oil tho ho north und and south miles ides ind and ton ten ench eccli at on 1 tile the cast imd in west cat allies on the ilia south houth sido or bis of 0 these rent great colu columns mils still reinald standing they are 75 feet lit in bel glit including anse mid and calil till while the entablature above budds another 11 feet tile aliu shafa conslo consist of three giroo blacks only oil joined jolna rt 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erected on the hie alto of tile the phoenician temple vt and nt at the western end ellit of tile he substructure oro fire to bo be wen seen airee colos colossal stil ivl ilch with other flexser ones tire placed lu in the wall at t a height of 20 feet fron from the ho ground level jilt and respectively I 1 ively 01 64 feet feet anti and 62 feet in length by 13 feet in a thickness and 1 about the annia in bread iti tile the writer notes that they are tin ko beautifully I 1 squared and ittai umit ul tho lio inh without mortar mortar it iv ald be to put it kelto between betwee ii tit atheni vm vie quarry front from aliese gigan je atones were brought ts Is about halt half it mile away awny oni another one still larger Is to A 9 seen J 01 ot feet long bang squared on oil all I 1 sides hilti edh left in of 0 being cut I 1 ti filin alit V liy it rock beloy below abelt blieu r afra 0 r 1 sanctuary of exquisite work this was onee once aur surrounded rounded ay I 1 colu columna but only anty trac elof of these it lins been turned into in church and was wasso ao used W t I 1 II 11 within recent flinos alini a by tin the I 1 |