Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb

The Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb is a historic temple in the hinterland of Tyre, Southern Lebanon, 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.

Leontes Bridge

Ruins

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Leontes Bridge is a ruined Roman bridge in Lebanon; it crossed the Litani River in the vicinity of Nahr Abou Assouad, 10 km north of Tyre. 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. Leontes Bridge is situated 3 km west of Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kharayeb and Burj Rahal.

Kharayeb

Village

Photo: HusseinHijazy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kharayeb is a historic municipality in the Sidon District in the South Governorate, Lebanon. The town is 77 km south of Beirut, and stands at an average altitude of 190 m above sea level.

Burj Rahal

Village

Photo: Micheal Mike, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Burj Rahal is a municipality in the Tyre District in South Lebanon. Burj Rahal is situated 4 km south of Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb.

Bedias

Village

Bedias, Bidias, is a municipality in the Tyre District in South Lebanon. Bedias is situated 4 km southeast of Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb.

Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb

Type: Archaeological site
Description: historic site in Kharayeb, South Lebanon
Categories: shrine, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: South Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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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

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

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

Arabic: “معبد الخرايب الفينيقي”
Arabic: “معبد الخرايب”
Catalan: “Temple fenici de Kharayeb”
French: “sanctuaire phénicien de Kharayeb”
French: “Sanctuaire phénicien de Kharayeb”
Korean: “카라야브의 페네키아 성소”
Korean: “페니키아의 카라예프 성소”
Spanish: “santuario fenicio de Kharayeb”
Spanish: “Templo fenicio de Kharayeb”

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