Syria - Quarry of Baalbek

Description: 

• They know the moon time from the shadow of this stone
  from the olden time till now.    (Arabic text)

Description (Back):

• Syrie jiere et cariere
  a Baalbak

Publisher: 

• T. R. DUMAS PHOTOGRAPHE
  A BEIROUT ET             A GERUSALEM
                        * 1887 *

 

 

Description and Comments

• Photographic print mounted on a curved orange colored card mount.
• This images  are faded and stained. 
• Often described as, the "mightiest building stone ever cut," this huge stone is located in a quarry near the ruins of Baalbek in Syria.

 

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