Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb

The Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb 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.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leontes Bridge.
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The is a ruined Roman bridge… is situated 3 km west of Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kharayeb and Burj Rahal.
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Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb

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Latitude
33.34605° or 33° 20′ 46″ north
Longitude
35.28126° or 35° 16′ 53″ east
Open location code
8G5Q87WJ+CG
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Qasimiya Bridge and Khirbet al-Mahalib.

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