Archaeoastronomy and the chronology of the Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek
Abstract
One of the most complex architectural feats ever conceived is the magnificent temple of Jupiter at Baalbek, Lebanon. Several issues remain unsolved about this site, and in particular the chronology and dating of the two podia and the true nature of the cult. We present here some hints coming from orientation and from other features of the temple, which seem to point to a unified project of both podia, originally conceived under Herod the Great.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- June 2016
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1606.05888
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1606.05888
- Bibcode:
- 2016arXiv160605888M
- Keywords:
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- Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics
- E-Print:
- Archaeoastronomy/History of Astronomy