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 Al-Kharayeb and Burj Rahal.
Al-Kharayeb
Village
Photo: HusseinHijazy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Al-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
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″ northLongitude
35.28126° or 35° 16′ 53″ eastOpen location code
8G5Q87WJ+CGOpenStreetMap ID
way 1503765689OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q120962779
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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: “페니키아의 카라예프 성소”
- Spanish: “santuario fenicio de Kharayeb”
- Spanish: “Templo fenicio de Kharayeb”
Notable Places Nearby
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