Qasr Chbib

Qasr Chbib
Shown within Syria
Alternate name Qasr Chbib
Region al Qunaytirah
Coordinates 33°25′00″N 35°51′00″E / 33.416667°N 35.85°E / 33.416667; 35.85
History
Cultures Roman
Site notes
Condition Ruins
Public access Yes

Qasr Chbib is a complex of two Roman temples situated a few hundred meters from the summit of Mount Hermon.[1] Officially in the Quneitra District of Syria, Web mapping shows the ruins to be in the Nabatieh District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.[2]

Both of the sanctuaries have northern walls that were carved out of solid bedrock. The western temple has an area at the back in place of an Adyton that was also hewn out of the rock escarpment.[3] Kevin Butcher suggested that this design was employed to bring the temples "closer to the gods".[4]

References

  1. ↑ E. A. Myers (11 February 2010). The Ituraeans and the Roman Near East: Reassessing the Sources. Cambridge University Press. pp. 93–. ISBN 978-0-521-51887-1. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  2. ↑ Université Saint-Joseph (Beirut, Lebanon) (2007). Mélanges de l'Université Saint-Joseph. Impr. catholique. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Ted Kaizer (2008). The Variety of Local Religious Life in the Near East In the Hellenistic and Roman Periods. BRILL. pp. 76–. ISBN 978-90-04-16735-3. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  4. ↑ Kevin Butcher (19 February 2004). Roman Syria and the Near East. Getty Publications. pp. 352–. ISBN 978-0-89236-715-3. Retrieved 23 September 2012.

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