<< Our Photo Pages >> Baalbek Quarry - Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry in Lebanon
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Multi-periodSite Name: Baalbek QuarryCountry: Lebanon Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Baalbek Nearest Village: Beirut
Latitude: 33.999200N Longitude: 36.200100E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Jansold visited on 8th Oct 2019 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5 The site was cleared and is looked after by the family who run the small gift shop at the site
Quarry for the Baalbek Temple Site with very large stone blocks, in some cases, the size of buses.
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