All Things GiantsTOP SECRET SERIES—PART 30: Baalbek, Where Giants Roamed Posted on April 18, 2021 by Administrator Since 1956, Baalbek (often spelled “Baalbeck” or “Baalbec”) has been home to “the oldest and most prestigious cultural event in the Middle East,” known simply as the “Baalbeck International Festival.” Although this annual summer event suffered great decline, followed by temporary cessation between the years 2006 and 2007 as a result of political instability, by 2008, it had “regained its place in the line of the most prestigious international festivals with varied and excellent [Lebanese] cultural quality programs performed by great artists inside the magnificent Baalbeck Acropolis.”
