In Baalbeck, Lebanon, a World Bank project supported the conservation of the Temple of Bacchus, an astonishing Roman temple. Conservation work provided much-needed employment to people residing in the ...

The sole summer concert in Baalbek’s famed International Festival was televised and livestreamed on Sunday from the second century Roman Bacchus temple in an effort to restore hope as Lebanon ...

Smoke billows following an Israeli airstrike near the ruins of the ancient Roman Temple of Bacchus in Lebanon's eastern city of Baalbek on October 6. Smoke billows following an Israeli airstrike ...

Ruins at the temple of Bacchus in Baalbeck, Lebanon (MEE/James Haines-Young) Like many other touristic sites in Lebanon, Baalbek's tourism economy was frozen for 15 years during and immediately ...

Equally impressive is the nearly entirely intact Temple of Bacchus, considered the best ... designed to discourage a potential visit to Lebanon to see the real thing. “Virtual tourism is not ...

Combining the backdrop of Bacchus Temple with major acts from Europe alongside Baalbeki folklore performances, Lebanon became the link between the East and West. “The festival is an enduring ...

BAALBEK, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon on Sunday hosted ... Sunday’s concert was held at the Bacchus Temple, which stands in front of six columns that remain from the Temple of Jupiter.

the Lebanon that won’t surrender to a militia ... The rehearsals now at Bacchus Temple for tomorrow’s concert. Festival director Nayla de Freige told AFP most artists were performing for ...

“Some citizens went to the Baalbek citadel,” he told NPR, referring to the part of the ancient site where the 2,000-year-old temple of Jupiter and temple of Bacchus are located. “But their ...