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Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Tragedy in Baalbeck

Apparently the ancient Lebanese city of Baalbek is being attacked now.


The article includes this image:


We all hope that the antiquities there are not destroyed.

When I was in Lebanon years ago, we visited Baalbek. I bought this memento, a curved metal shield that is about 12 inches in diameter:



I still have a piece of shrapnel from an Israeli bomb, along with fossilized seashells that the bomb uncovered, that I collected on the top of a mountain in Lebanon. 

Lebanon is a fabulous place. The people are wonderful. Let's all hope that the scourge of hatred based on the "traditions of the fathers" will vanish with the rising generations.

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