1962 April - Baalbek, Lebanon. Seven Corinthian columns of the Temple of Bacchus built by the Romans between AD150 and 250. 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 the City of the Sun. Today Baalbek town is at the head of the Bekaa valley roughly 7.5 miles (12 kilometres) from the Syrian border.

Camera -Yashica Pentamatic [single lens reflex] Auto Yashinon f/1.8 55mm lens Film Plus X at F8 1/250 second. Developed by Photo Sphinx in Beirut.

Negative Lebanon 62-04-21 © Tony Morrison