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The lost islands of Tripoli

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The lost islands of Tripoli

When I first saw this map back in 2021, I thought it was exaggerating the size of the Islands near the coast of Tripoli. I saved it and I never checked it back until I heard over the news that Rabbits Islands are remnants of much larger Islands that used to exist facing Tripoli before a devastating earthquake and a resulting Tsunami hit our region back in 1202.

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Back when Jupiter temple had 9 columns

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Back when Jupiter temple had 9 columns

I came across an old illustration of Baalbeck complex from 1757 and I noticed that Jupiter temple had 9 columns while only 6 stand still today! Doing some research, I discovered that they fell during the 1759 devastating earthquakes that hit the Near East.

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