This wonderful site in Baalbek was a temple dedicated to the Phoenician gods Astarte and Baal since the year 9000 BC, and remained so until the year 150 BC, and then it was converted into a temple dedicated to the goddess Venus during the Roman colonization, and at that time this majestic temple was built with columns spread Marbles, a huge palace and stone carvings of great beauty, and then in the year 637 AD the temple was converted into an ecclesiastical area with the influence of Constantine the Great on the Roman Empire. These ruins are currently visited by people wishing to learn about the region's rich and long history.