Make an Unlikely Royal Visit to The 10,000-Year-Old Baalbek! Published April 22nd, 2021 - 09:34 GMT
Ancient Roman temple of Bacchus (Shutterstock)
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Although the Emperor spent just a few waking hours in the ‘City of the Sun’
In 1898, an unlikely royal visit was made to the 10,000-year-old city of Baalbek, a jewel in the crown of Lebanon’s archeological history.
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As part of his grand tour of the Orient an expedition that involved 100 coaches, 230 tents and 10 guides the last emperor of Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and his wife Augusta Victoria were awestruck by Baalbek’s famed Roman ruins. Although the Emperor spent just a few waking hours in the ‘City of the Sun’ his last stop before heading back to Potsdam via the Port of Beirut – he was so captivated by what he witnessed that he decided to commission German expeditions to excavate the site.