BEIRUT — As Israel intensified attacks in the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek this week, residents with nowhere else to go fled to the ancient Roman temples, hoping the archaeological site’s ...
The anguish in Lebanese archaeologist Nader Siklaoui’s voice is clear as he films Israeli missiles slamming down near ancient Roman columns he has spent much of his life protecting. “Oh, God, oh, God, ...
The Israeli army has issued new evacuation orders for residents of Baalbek, home to Ancient Roman temples and archaeological ruins. Roman ruins stand in front of the city of Baalbek in Lebanon on ...
The UNESCO World Heritage site, located approximately 40 miles northeast of Beirut, dates back 11,000 years to the Phoenician times. (all photos © UNESC), by ...
The black-clad priest yanked on the white rope. At once the bells began to clang. The evening mass was beginning at the Monastery of Mar Maroun, or Saint Maroun, in the town of Annaya, high in the ...