Temple of Bel
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The Temple of Bel is an ancient stone ruin located in Palmyra, Syria.
What can be seen today are the remnants of a Roman temple constructed in the first century AD. However, the area may have been used as a temple site for over three thousand years. Bel was the superor Babalonian god was subsequently adapted by the Greeks as Zeus and by the Romans as Jupiter.
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