Download or read book History of Baalbek written by Michel M. Alouf and published by Book Tree. This book was released on 1999 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fame of the ruins at Baalbek in Lebanon once drew many tourists. The Romans eventually built magnificent temples over a massive multi-level platform considered to be one of the only prediluvial sites that survived the flood. Here we find the amazing 1000-plus ton stones as part of the original temple platform. The largest cranes in the world would have difficulty lifting, let alone moving, these massive limestone blocks. These stones and other parts of this important site are described in this handy reference guide.