Baalbek - Village and ruins - Dar El-Kadib in background – Antique Print
![Baalbek - Village and ruins - Dar El-Kadib in background, [between ca. 1920 and 1933] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/49/49328edea9b6-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Baalbek - Village and ruins - Dar El-Kadib in background, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Baalbek - Village and ruins - Dar El-Kadib in background
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Few places in the Levant pair a living village so closely with monumental ruins as Baalbek, and this view sets the modern settlement beside its ancient remains, with a structure the record names as Dar El-Kadib in the background. The Roman-era temple complex, built on an older sanctuary and known in antiquity as Heliopolis, dominates the town and drew travelers and archaeologists through the early twentieth century. The picture belongs to the G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection, whose images document the region roughly between 1910 and 1940, though the date given here is approximate.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1920 and 1933] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Forms part of: the G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection. |
| Subjects | Ba'labakk (Lebanon)--1910-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,278 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-108783 |
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