Baalbec. Temple of the Sun. Original no. of columns 54 / Bonfils. – Antique Wall Art
![Baalbec. Temple of the Sun. Original no. of columns 54 / Bonfils., [between 1870 and 1880] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/77/77b7c027d407-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Baalbec. Temple of the Sun. Original no. of columns 54 / Bonfils.. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Baalbec. Temple of the Sun. Original no. of columns 54 / Bonfils.
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Among the many photographs of Baalbek, this print is distinguished by its caption, which records the temple's original count of 54 columns. The ruins sit in the Bekaa Valley of present-day Lebanon, where Roman builders raised a vast sanctuary that visitors of later centuries called the Temple of the Sun. The print is attributed to Félix Bonfils, a French photographer whose Beirut studio sold views of the region to travelers and scholars during the 1870s. Images like this gave Western audiences a sense of the site's scale at a time when many of its massive stones lay scattered among the ruins.
| Created / published | [between 1870 and 1880] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Albumen prints 1870-1880. |
| Subjects | Archaeological sites--Lebanon--Ba'labakk--1870-1880. Roman temples--Lebanon--Ba'labakk--1870-1880. Columns--Lebanon--Ba'labakk--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,288 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-182893 |
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