Jamjîm et Tahta

Jamjîm et Tahta is a locality in , . Jamjîm et Tahta is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb and Leontes Bridge.

Archaeological site
The is a historic temple in the hinterland of , , that was excavated in three stages. In 1946, Maurice Chehab, head of Lebanon's Directorate General of Antiquities, led the first mission that revealed a Hellenistic period temple and thousands of clay figurines dating from the sixth-to-first centuries BC.

Ruins
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The is a ruined Roman bridge in ; it crossed the in the vicinity of Nahr Abou Assouad, 10 km north of . The bridge, which is dated to the 3rd or 4th century AD, featured a comparatively flat arch with a span-to-rise ratio of 3.1 to 1. is situated 2½ km southwest of Jamjîm et Tahta.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kharayeb and Burj Rahal.

Village
Photo: HusseinHijazy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a historic municipality in the in the , Lebanon. The town is 77 km south of Beirut, and stands at an average altitude of 190 m above sea level. is situated 3 km southeast of Jamjîm et Tahta.

Village
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is a municipality in the in South . is situated 5 km south of Jamjîm et Tahta.

Town
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, Adloun or Adlun is a coastal municipality in South , 17 kilometres south of famous for its cultivation of watermelons. It is also the site of a Phoenician necropolis and prehistoric caves where four archaeological sites have been discovered and dated to the Stone Age. is situated 5 km north of Jamjîm et Tahta.

Jamjîm et Tahta

Latitude
33.35664° or 33° 21′ 24″ north
Longitude
35.26963° or 35° 16′ 11″ east
Elevation
137 metres (449 feet)
Open location code
8G5Q9749+MV
Geo­Names ID
273486
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In Other Languages

“Jamjîm et Tahta” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جمجيم التحتا”

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