1962 April - Baalbek, Lebanon. Columns of the portico of the Temple of Bacchus built by the Romans between AD150 and 250 . The ceiling of the portico is richly decorated and a flock of doves passes overhead. Originally the temple had 42 columns each 62.3 feet (19 metres) high. That is 28 feet (8.5 metres) taller than the somewhat earlier Parthenon in Greece - and here in Baalbeck the temple is in far better condition. In 1984 UNESCO listed it as part of the Baalbek World Heritage Site. Baalbek as a religious site dates back about 9000 years and was known by the Greeks as Heliopolis, simply translated as City of the Sun. The town is at the head of the Bekaa valley roughly 7.5 miles (12 kilometres) from the Syrian border.

Camera MPP Microflex Twin Lens Reflex with F3.5 77.5mm Taylor Taylor Hobson lens. Film Kodak Verichrome Pan at F8- 1/125 second. Developed by Photo Sphinx, Jack Kassab in Beirut.

Negative Lebanon 62-03-03 © Tony Morrison