Temple of Jupiter

Baalbek coordinates 34°0′22.81″N 36°12′26.36″E

The Temple of Jupiter (Roman Heliopolis) located in Baalbek, Lebanon was a colossal temple, dedicated to the cult of Zeus, that served as an oracle. The shrine itself began construction, by the Romans, ca. 60 BCE and was more or less completed during the reign of Nero (r.54-68 CE). In Graham Hancock's lecture, Magicians of the Gods, Hancock proposes that the sub-layers of Baalbek's cult centers, as ritual sites, preceded and were far older than Roman presence.